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The Yale Review | Ursula K. Le Guin: "A Non-Euclidean View of…

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An essay by Ursula K. Le Guin: "We use the French word lecture, reading, to mean reading and speaking aloud, a performance..."

We use the French word lecture, reading, to mean reading and speaking aloud, a performance; the French call such a performance not a lecture, but a conférence. The distinction is interesting. Reading is a silent collaboration of reader and writer, apart; lecturing a noisy collaboration of lecturer and audience, together. The peculiar form of what follows is my attempt to make it a “conference,” a performable work, a piece for voices. It was prepared to be read as the first in a series of lectures honoring the memory of Robert C. Elliott, the truest of teachers, the kindest of friends, who…

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