Dispatches from Anarres

Distribution of ARCs (starting spring 2021) to media outlets, reviewers, bloggers, magazines, and key booksellers and librarians Reviews targeting Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal, Booklist, Bookforum, O Magazine, People, and others Coverage targeting publications that are big in the sci-fi/fantasy and speculative communities, including Locus and places that have previously featured articles about Le Guin Bookseller outreach, including ABA Advance Access, PNBA, and galley mailings to booksellers who have enjoyed other titles Portland tour with a focus on bookstores, libraries, and local reading series, depending on COVID vaccines and local interest in gathering in closed spaces Regional coverage targeting Portland metro area, including Portland Monthly, Oregonian, Portland Tribune, SW Community Connection, The Mercury, and more. Other coverage targeting The Rumpus, Entropy Magazine, Huff Post, Fiction Writers Review, Writing Under Pressure, Lit Reactor, and more Book club outreach Author interviews: Encouraging all thirty authors to mention the project while doing interviews and publicity for their books NetGalley, Edelweiss, and Goodreads ARC giveaways Social media including blog appearances, excerpts, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram Promotions on authors’ websites and the publisher's website Publicity and promotion in conjunction with events

Named for the anarchist utopia in Ursula K. Le Guin’s science fiction classic The Dispossessed, Dispatches from Anarres embodies the anarchic spirit of Le Guin’s hometown of Portland, Oregon, while paying tribute to her enduring vision. In stories that range from fantasy to sci fi to realism, some of Portland's most vital voices have come together to celebrate Le Guin’s lasting legacy and influence on that most subversive of human faculties: the imagination. Fonda Lee’s “Old Souls” explores the role of violence and redemption across time and space; Rachael K. Jones’s “The Night Bazaar for Women Turning into Reptiles” touches on gender oppression and a woman’s right to choose; Molly Gloss’s “Wenonah’s Gift” imagines coming-of-age in a post-collapse culture determined to avoid past wrongs; and Lidia Yuknavitch’s “Neuron” reveals that fairy tales may, in fact, be the best way to understand the paradoxes of science. Other contributors include Curtis Chen, Kesha Ajọsẹ-Fisher, Juhea Kim, Tina Connolly, David D. Levine, Leni Zumas, Rene Denfeld, and Michelle Ruiz Keil, with a foreword by David Naimon, co-author (with Le Guin) of Ursula K. Le Guin: Conversations on Writing.