Host Ken Jones talks with David Naimon, co-author of the new book Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, from Portland’s Tin House Books.
David’s book collects his KBOO Between the Covers interviews with Ursula K. Le Guin, the Portland-based master of science fiction, fantasy, poetry, essays, and pretty much any form she put her mind to.
Ursula passed away in January of this year, and this volume, which originated in a remark she made to David during their third and final interview – “Maybe we should make this into a book” – serves as a timely tribute to a great writer, a great thinker, and, as you’ll discover in this collection, a great conversationalist.
In addition to hosting Between The Covers, David is a writer of fiction and essays. His work has appeared in several journals, including Tin House, AGNI, Fiction International, Boulevard, and ZYZZYVA. And his writing has been reprinted in The Best Small Fictions 2016 and cited in The Best American Essays 2015, The Best American Travel Writing 2015, and The Pushcart Prize: Best of the Small Presses 2016 edition.