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May 21

53m 24s

Fabrications

About this episode

This week, David Streitfeld takes us to Earthsea and the wonderful imagination of Ursula K. Le Guin; and Samantha Ellis on Charlotte Brontë's relationship with material reality.

'The Word for World: The maps of Ursula K. Le Guin', edited by So Mayer and Sarah Shin

'Searoad: Chronicles of Klatsand', by Ursula K. Le Guin

'Ursula K. Le Guin's Book of Cats'

'So Far So Good: Final Poems: 2014-2018'

'A Larger Reality', edited by Conner Bouchard-Roberts

'Charlotte Brontë's Life Through Clothes', by Eleanor Houghton

Produced by Charlotte Pardy

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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