Teacher Guide

Ursula Le Guin: Short Stories Lesson Plan

Relationship to Other Books

Consider reading some of Le Guin’s novels, including The Left Hand of Darkness and The Dispossessed.

Consider pairing Le Guin’s stories with other science fiction short story collections like The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories by Ken Liu and Falling in Love with Hominids by Nalo Hopkinson.

Consider reading other women sci-fi/fantasy authors like Margaret Atwood (The Handmaid’s Tale), N.K. Jemisin (The Fifth Season), Octavia Butler (Kindred), and Suzette Haden Elgin (Native Tongue).

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