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Original Title:	Sixty Odd
ISBN:	1570623880 (ISBN13: 9781570623882)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Poetry #8

Sixty Odd (Poetry #8)

Ursula K. Le Guin

Paperback | Pages: 112 pages

Rating: 3.76 | 107 Users | 14 Reviews

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     Here is the first new book of poems in more than a decade from the author so well known for her thought-provoking science fiction novels. It is also the most autobiographical of Ursula K. Le Guin's five poetry collections, taking its inspiration from the wisdom and perspective that a woman attains in her sixties. Here she is at turns wry, playful, and sharply critical, with finely observed details of her day-to-day life and moving philosophical reflections on growing older.

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Title	:	Sixty Odd (Poetry #8)
Author	:	Ursula K. Le Guin
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 112 pages
Published	:	April 27th 1999 by Shambhala
Categories	:	Poetry. Science Fiction

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Ratings: 3.76 From 107 Users | 14 Reviews

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It's Ursula K. LeGuin. And I loved it.

I read this book at the perfect time, and with excellent accompaniment. I had just finished my favourite (with The Dispossessed) of Le Guin's novels, Tehanu. My mind was primed to hear her voice. I was reading a book of short stories along with this book of poetry. Clarice Lispector is another strong, female writer. Her book was a collection of vignettes about childhood, this one a collection of poetry concerning old age. Finally, I also read a terrible adaptation of ancient Taoist texts

Ursula K. Le Guin published twenty-two novels, eleven volumes of short stories, four collections of essays, twelve books for children, six volumes of poetry and four of translation, and has received many awards: Hugo, Nebula, National Book Award, PEN-Malamud, etc. Her recent publications include the novel Lavinia, an essay collection, Cheek by Jowl, and The Wild Girls. She lived in Portland,I read this book at the perfect time, and with excellent accompaniment. I had just finished my favourite (with The Dispossessed) of Le Guin's novels, Tehanu. My mind was primed to hear her voice. I was reading a book of short stories along with this book of poetry. Clarice Lispector is another strong, female writer. Her book was a collection of vignettes about childhood, this one a collection of poetry concerning old age. Finally, I also read a terrible adaptation of ancient Taoist texts

The more I read of this book, the more I enjoyed it. It is a book that is more of meditations and reflections than poetry because, although much of it is interesting, so little of it is 'word-for-word memorable' - my preferred definition of poetry. I found the first half of the book relatively uninteresting in both subject matter and expression, although it has some striking simple verse hidden in it. Here is "In Berkeley":"This is the city of my birth.This is my own uneasy earth.Following

A few impressive pieces, but not enough to bump it to a 4.

This collection is great, even if you only read Lost Arrows and the Feather People, which, I think, is better than the rest combined.This is my third Le Guin poetry collection and I really think she's one of my favorite poets, as well as one of my favorite prose writers, which puts her in a unique camp shared by no one. Few of my favorite short story writers are my favorite poets or novelists and so on. I've yet to read many Le Guin short stories, but I plan on reading a few collections next