Close Reading 1 of 12 (Left Hand of Darkness, Le Guin)

Note: This is a blog post based on my initial thoughts after readingLeft Hand of Darkness and is not the actual close reading essay for my MFA.

As part of theMFA coursework, we are required to close read twelve separate books and write a short essay analyzing the craft of the books in a way that can help us with our own writing. My first close reading was ofLeft Hand of Darkness, by Ursula K. Le Guin. One of the challenges of writing science fiction and fantasy novels is how can an author conv...