Ursula Le Guin’s Viral Video: “We Will Need Writers Who Can Remember Freedom”


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Ursula Le Guin’s Viral Video: “We Will Need Writers Who Can Remember Freedom”

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Writer Ursula Le Guin recently received the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters and her thank you speech went somewhat viral. Her opinions on capitalism, literature, and imagination are worth some special attention.

Published: December 28, 2014 | Authors: BillMoyers.com Staff | NationofChange | Op-Ed

In the midst of all the end-of-the-year lists and reminiscences, there is a speech that made the social media rounds recently that we thought deserved a special mention here at BillMoyers.com.In accepting the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at this year’s , , eminent sci-fi writer Ursula Le Guin made a knock-out speech about the power of capitalism, literature and imagination that, as she put it afterwards, “went sort-of viral on YouTube.”

The 85-year-old writer started with a shout-out to her fellow fantasy and sci-fi writers, who have…

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