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- Alaya Dawn JohnsonInterview
There’s a million but off the top of my head, books that I have adored in the recent past include A Stranger in Olondria by Sofia Samatar, The Dispossessed by Ursula Le Guin and Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Diana Wynne Jones, particularly Hexwood, Dogsbody and The Homeward Bounders, were foundational texts…
- Kate DarlingInterview
Many! For example, some books that I read multiple times as a young adult when I was starting to become fascinated with various forms of government and society were The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin, Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich, and the Gate to Women’s Country by Sheri S. Tepper.
- Aidan KochInterview
- Roman KrznaricInterview
Although I might sometimes be called a ‘philosopher’, and studied philosophy, I have a confession to make: I don’t read many books by formal philosophers. So it’s quite difficult to pinpoint those who inspire me. I’d say rather I’m inspired by three ‘philosophical writers’ – the novelist Ursula Le Guin (especially her…
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