Here is Ursula K. Le Guin (October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018, R.I.P.) accepting the National Book Foundation’s Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters at the 65th National Book Awards on November 19, 2014.  In her remarks she notes that

We live in capitalism, its power seems inescapable – but then, so did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art. Very often in our art, the art of words.

Among her more popular works are The Dispossessed, The Left Hand of Darkness and The Lathe of Heaven. I still remember, as a teen, reading her short story “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas” and being profoundly changed.
(h/t to AGD)

 

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