No Time To Spare

<div><b>From acclaimed author Ursula K. Le Guin, a collection of thoughts??—??always adroit, often acerbic??—??on aging, belief, the state of literature, and the state of the nation.</b><br><br><i>Ursula K. Le Guin on the absurdity of denying your age:</i> “If I’m ninety and believe I’m forty-five, I’m headed for a very bad time trying to get out of the bathtub.”<br><br><i>On cultural perceptions of fantasy:</i> “The direction of escape is toward freedom. So what is ‘escapism’ an accusation of?”<br><br><i>On breakfast:</i> “Eating an egg from the shell takes not only practice, but resolution, even courage, possibly willingness to commit crime.”<br><br>Ursula K. Le Guin took readers to imaginary worlds for decades. In the last great frontier of life, old age, she explored a new literary territory: the blog, a forum where she shined. The collected best of Ursula’s blog, <i>No Time to Spare</i> presents perfectly crystallized dispatches on what mattered to her late in life, her concerns with the world, and her wonder at it: “How rich we are in knowledge, and in all that lies around us yet to learn. Billionaires, all of us.”<br><br>“The pages sparkle with lines that make a reader glance up, searching for an available ear with which to share them.” ??—?? Melissa Febos, <i>New York Times Book Review</i><br><br>“Witty . . . deeply observed.” ??—?? <i>USA Today</i><br><br> “A book that truly does matter.” ??—?? <i>Houston Chronicle</i></div>