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Ursula LeGuin
Dec. 2nd, 2016 10:38 pmToday was the second annual Tiptree Symposium at the university; this one honored Ursula LeGuin, who lives two hours north of here in Portland. I've now seen her five times in the last ten or so years, but as she is 87 years old, there many not be many more opportunities.
I missed the morning author panels. The afternoon events started with a student panel on The Word for World is Forest, then we had a brief break and I looked at the student posters. Next, Karen Joy Fowler gave the keynote address, mostly with her personal thoughts on knowing LeGuin over the years, and then we saw the first 12-15 minutes of a documentary that a Bay Area woman is making about LeGuin. She's planning to make a longer version for theatrical release and a shorter version for the American Masters series on PBS. Then there was a reception at the new LeGuin exhibit in the library. I stopped in briefly at that, then came home. At 8:30 p.m. J. and I went to the Tiptree Party, where we chatted a while with two people I already knew, learned about this year's recipients of the Tiptree award and the Tiptree fellowships, and wished that someone had brought ray-guns like they did last year.
More tomorrow, unless I'm too tired. Very inspiring, but I'm so much on the fringe of this community - it would be more fun if I knew more of the people there.
I missed the morning author panels. The afternoon events started with a student panel on The Word for World is Forest, then we had a brief break and I looked at the student posters. Next, Karen Joy Fowler gave the keynote address, mostly with her personal thoughts on knowing LeGuin over the years, and then we saw the first 12-15 minutes of a documentary that a Bay Area woman is making about LeGuin. She's planning to make a longer version for theatrical release and a shorter version for the American Masters series on PBS. Then there was a reception at the new LeGuin exhibit in the library. I stopped in briefly at that, then came home. At 8:30 p.m. J. and I went to the Tiptree Party, where we chatted a while with two people I already knew, learned about this year's recipients of the Tiptree award and the Tiptree fellowships, and wished that someone had brought ray-guns like they did last year.
More tomorrow, unless I'm too tired. Very inspiring, but I'm so much on the fringe of this community - it would be more fun if I knew more of the people there.