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The vicissitudes of publishing, commercialism, art, knowing what's good, Ursula Le Guin and why some books take off and others don't. Also, a story about my brief stint as a cheerleader and pompon girl wannabe.

The award I mention was the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters in 2014 and Ursula Le Guin's speech is here  (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2v7RDyo7os).

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