Ursula K Le Guin on

1. Her novel The Left Hand of Darkness, in this interview with Ligaya Mishan at The New Yorker. [via SF Signal]
   
   She also provides information on where to find a map on the web - map that might have been in the book but is not (search "map" in the text of the interview).
2. What's wrong with literary prizes.
   

Related: Stories of Ursula K Le Guin.