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Does the title of this episode sound familiar? That’s because The Ones Who Stay and Fight by N.K. Jemisin is a story in response to the very first Left Shelf episode The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas by Ursula K. LeGuin. Jemisin’s story begins in the same way as Le Guin’s, with descriptions of a Utopian city’s beauty and happy citizens. However, there’s a twist. In this episode, we discuss how Jemisin might have interpreted LeGuin’s story and what she is asking the reader when she says “stay and fight”.  

You can read the story The Ones Who Stay and Fight (free) here.
You can listen to the short story (free) here.

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