Ursula Le Guin at Beloit

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Fifty years after its original publication, Ursula K. Le Guin's masterpiece The Dispossessed continues to fascinate.
What happens when two planets try to talk with each other after over a century of silence?
Learn more at our events!

This website is an invitation to explore the many worlds of legendary science fiction writer Ursula K. Le Guin. It springs from a community reading project this fall in Beloit, WI, sponsored by Wisconsin Humanities and Beloit College. Join us in celebrating the 50th anniversary of the publication of Le Guin's award-winning novel The Dispossessed.

Ursula Le Guin at Beloit

Fifty years after its original publication, Ursula K. Le Guin's masterpiece The Dispossessed continues to fascinate. What happens when two planets try to talk with each other after over a century of silence? Learn more at our events!

Fifty years after its original publication, Ursula K. Le Guin's masterpiece The Dispossessed continues to fascinate.
What happens when two planets try to talk with each other after over a century of silence?
Learn more at our events!