I just found out my dad interviewed Ursula le Guin when he was in his mid twenties and living in Portland. He didn’t work for any kind of publication, he just wanted an excuse to talk to her. So he just called up a hip underground paper and was like “hey can I interview popular science fiction writer ursula k le guin for you guys” and they were like “yeah sure dude” so he found her phone number in the phone book (!) and called her up and then went to her house and interviewed her. People say that in the age of twitter we have unique and unprecedented access to celebrities but actually that access was always available to the ballsiest among us
You May Feel Weak, You May Feel Small You May Feel Hopeless, Most Of All But Time Goes Up, And Time Goes Down Time Will Smile, Time Will Frown But Remember This, Each Time You Wake And Feel The Ache Of What’s At Stake: Keep Heart Soft, And Keep Mind Strong And Don’t Forget This Life Is Long Each Day That Time Swings To And Fro Ever Unto Justice, It Slowly Goes It May Be Scary, It May Be Dark But Time Is Not A Stagnant Arc Keep What’s Noble Close To Heart Keep Fear And Hatred Far Apart With Fruits, Sand, And Ice Too We Will Survive Ronald Reagan 2.
