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For each meeting I'll assign a reading (usually a work of short fiction), which you are free to read or not to read. I don't believe in homework. But I will not defend you from the ensuing tarring and feathering.
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See all- Ursula K. LeGuin and N.K. JemisinNovare Res Bier Cafe, Portland, ME
This month we have a pair of stories, with one written in response to the other.
Ursula K. LeGuin's “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” is a 1973 work of dystopian short fiction with a difficult philosophical question at its heart. Almost 50 years later, N.K. Jemisin published her story, "The Ones Who Stay and Fight," as a direct response. Both attempt to address the question of how (or whether) to exist in a society that is fundamentally unjust. Timely indeed!
- “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” by Ursula K. LeGuin
- "The Ones Who Stay and Fight" by N.K. Jemisin
Hope to see you there!
