A true coming of age tale dressed in fantasy, but deeper and darker than Harry Potter

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Normally, I am more a fan if hard sci-fi, not space opera or fantasy. But the worth and quality of Le Guin’s Wizard of Earthsea are undeniable. Fantasy and magic are a vessel to contain a story of the growth of a child into an adult. As he faces his own darkness and the darkness of his own death, Ged becomes his true self.

I did jot read this as a youth or young man. It probably would have sung to me then. As someone in his 7th decade, it speaks to me now.

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In 2017, 32 journals/collections accepted 66 of my poems.

In 2017, 32 journals/collections accepted 66 of my poems. My thanks to the following: 50 Haikus; Aji Magazine; Allegro Poetry Magazine; Burningword Literary Journal; Chantwood Magazine; The Deadly Writers Patrol; Dual Coast Magazine; Foliate Oak Literary Magazine; Fredericksburg Literary and Art Review; GFT Press One in Four; Glass: A Journal of Poetry; Gravel: A Literary Journal; Heron Tree; The Hungry Chimera; Into the Void Magazine; Inwood Indiana; Literature Today; The Muse: An International Journal of Poetry; The Mystic Blue Review; Piedmont Virginian Magazine; Poetry Quarterly; The Ravens Perch; Red Earth Review; The Sea Letter; Smoky Blue Literary and Arts Magazine; Summerset Review; Temenos Journal; Three Line Poetry; Two Cities Review; The Voices Project; The Wayfarer; and The Write Place at the Write Time.

The Magnolia Review has accepted 4 of my poems for their upcoming issue

The Magnolia Review has accepted 4 of my poems for their upcoming Vol. 4 Issue #1. They have previously published one of mine. Thank you Magnolia Review.