{"product_id":"not-forever-stamp-three-ounce-stamps-2021-ursula-k-le-guin-literary-tribute-first-class-rate","title":"Ursula K. Le Guin 2021 Three-Ounce Stamps — Literary Arts Series (Not a Forever Stamp)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlease note: this is a $1.16 three-ounce rate stamp, not a Forever Stamp.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eIssue facts\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eStamp Category: Commemorative\u003cbr\u003eSeries: Literary Arts\u003cbr\u003eValue: $1.16 Three-Ounce Mail Rate\u003cbr\u003eFirst Day of Issue: July 27, 2021\u003cbr\u003eFirst Day City: Portland, Oregon\u003cbr\u003ePrinted by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Panes of 20\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe writer\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eUrsula Kroeber Le Guin (October 21, 1929 – January 22, 2018) worked in more forms than most writers attempt: science fiction, children's books, short stories, poetry, literary criticism, and translation into English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe was born in Berkeley, California to the author Theodora Kroeber and the anthropologist Alfred Louis Kroeber. With two scholars for parents, all four Kroeber children grew up reading; her own appetite ran to science fiction, fantasy, myth and legend.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eThe work\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eShe did not begin writing seriously until the late 1950s. \u003cem\u003eA Wizard of Earthsea\u003c\/em\u003e (1968) was her first major success, followed by \u003cem\u003eThe Left Hand of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e (1969) — widely regarded as her masterpiece, and the book that won her both the Hugo and the Nebula for best novel, making her the first woman to take both.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhat set her apart was a refusal to accept the genre's assumptions. She wrote directly about race, gender and sexuality at a time when little science fiction did, which is precisely what gave the novels their reach beyond genre readers and secured her place among American writers of the first rank.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Forever Stamp Center","offers":[{"title":"100 Stamps (5 Sheets)","offer_id":47100608413895,"sku":"ST21-144S-5","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"500 Stamps (25 Sheets)","offer_id":47100608446663,"sku":"ST21-144S-25","price":185.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"1000 Stamps (50 Sheets)","offer_id":47100608479431,"sku":"ST21-144S-50","price":350.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/6250\/4647\/files\/ursula-k-le-guin-2021-three-ounce-stamps-main-scaled-1-1-800x600_6b5f0e0e-5673-4c99-8ce8-327d21275533.jpg?v=1788604687","url":"https:\/\/www.foreverstampcenter.com\/products\/not-forever-stamp-three-ounce-stamps-2021-ursula-k-le-guin-literary-tribute-first-class-rate","provider":"center","version":"1.0","type":"link"}