# Special episode: Martha Ullman West

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Podcast: [In Your Spare Time: From the Blog of Ursula K. Le Guin](https://stenobird.com/podcast/in-your-spare-time-from-the-blog-of-ursula-k-le-guin-7788921)
Published: 2026-07-15T13:01:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1307

## Resource

This week we bring you something different: An interview with Martha Ullman West, nationally respected dance critic and author, and a friend of Ursula's for a half century, who died on July 5. The interviews were conducted by Theo Downes-Le Guin in 2022–2023 for a podcast project that never came to fruition. Martha's memories and stories are wonderful, and we hope you'll enjoy them and join us in honoring this remarkable person.

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