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The Motion Of Light In Water: Sex And Science Fiction Writing In The East Village
Samuel R. Delany
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Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 756.
Winner of the Hugo Award for Non-fiction
The unexpurgated edition of the award-winning autobiography
Born in New York City’s black ghetto Harlem at the start of World War II, Samuel R. Delany married white poet Marilyn Hacker right out of high school. The interracial couple moved into the city’s new bohemian quarter, the Lower East Side, in summer 1961. Through the decade’s opening years, new art, new sexual practices, new music, and new political awareness burgeoned among the crowded streets and cheap railroad apartments. Beautifully, vividly, insightfully, Delany calls up this era of exploration and adventure as ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
756g
Number of Pages
584
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816645244
SKU
V9780816645244
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About Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. Delany is the author of numerous science fiction books including, Dhalgren and The Mad Man, as well as the best-selling nonfiction study Times Square Red, Times Square Blue. He lives in New York City and teaches at Temple University. The Lambda Book Report chose Delany as one of the fifty most significant men and women of the past ... Read more
Reviews for The Motion Of Light In Water: Sex And Science Fiction Writing In The East Village
"A very moving, intensely fascinating literary biography from an extraordinary writer. Thoroughly admirable candor and luminous stylistic precision; the artist as a young man and a memorable picture of an age."—William Gibson "Absolutely central to any consideration of black manhood. Delany’s vision of the necessity for total social and political transformation is revolutionary."—Hazel Carby "The Motion of Light ... Read more