
Ursula K. Le Guin : Words Are My Matter
Between The Covers : Conversations with Writers in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry
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The Limitation of Animals to Children in the Post Industrial Age
Author ursula k leguyn talks about the coexistence of animal and human in story. How only in the post industrial age are animal tales considered only for children. We don't live with animals as we did, she says; they were essential to our well-being. And there are people who can't be in the room with an animal - what would they have done a hundred years ago? They would have had to like it or lump it, i guess.
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