It's a short story collection, the cover depicts one about modern America:

"Porridge on Islac"
About a society which has taken genetic engineering to extremes. This story features a woman whose genome is partly maize.

:heartbreaking:

Le Guin's writing was enormously influential in the field of speculative fiction, and has been the subject of intense critical attention. She received numerous accolades, including eight Hugos, six Nebulas, and twenty-two Locus Awards, and in 2003 became the second woman honored as a Grand Master of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.