David Naimon’s Book Notes music playlist for his book Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing

In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way to their recently published book. Previous contributors include Jesmyn Ward, Lauren Groff, Bret Easton Ellis, Celeste Ng, T.C. Boyle, Dana Spiotta, Hanif Abdurraqib, Andrew Sean Greer, Roxane Gay, and many others. Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing by David Naimon is an enlightening and informative collection of interviews with one of our greatest writers by one of our most talented (if not most talented) literary interviewers. Publishers Weekly wrote of the book: “An enlightening conversation about the writing process. Both authors adopt the tone of artisans discussing their craft, and each’s delight at debating with a like-minded professional is evident throughout. . . [Le Guin’s] expansive knowledge of the SF genre provides, most strikingly, a sharp perspective on how its female practitioners have too often been forgotten in favor of their male contemporaries. Her rapport with…