Learn About Ursula K. Le Guin's Predecessor to Harry Potter
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Explore the magical world Ursula K. Le Guin created in fantasy novel A Wizard of Earthsea.
Watch to learn why Neil Gaiman thinks Harry Potter wouldn't have existed without Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, a fantasy novel she published in 1968 featuring a wizard school.
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Learn About Ursula K. Le Guin's Predecessor to Harry Potter
Clip: 8/2/2019 | 2m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Watch to learn why Neil Gaiman thinks Harry Potter wouldn't have existed without Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, a fantasy novel she published in 1968 featuring a wizard school.
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Le Guin's 1969 novel "The Left Hand of Darkness" questioned binary concepts of gender. (3m 55s)
Ursula K. Le Guin's Passionate Acceptance Speech
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Watch the acceptance speech that shook the literary world. (1m 58s)
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