"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 prose of The Motion of Light in Water often has the
shimmering beauty of the title itself. . . . This book is
invaluable gay history." -Inches Magazine
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 he details his development as a black gay writer in an open
marriage, with tertiary walk-ons by Bob Dylan, Stokely Carmichael,
W. H. Auden, and James Baldwin, and a panoply of brilliantly drawn
secondary characters.
Winner of the 1989 Hugo Award for Non-fiction
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 hundred years tochange our concept of gayness,
and he is a recipient of the William Whitehead Memorial Award for a
lifetime's contribution to lesbian and gay literature.
General
| Imprint: |
University of Minnesota Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Release date: |
April 2004 |
| First published: |
April 2004 |
| Authors: |
Samuel R Delany
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| Dimensions: |
229 x 149 x 31mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
584 |
| Edition: |
Univ Of Minnesota Pr Ed. |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-8166-4524-4 |
| Categories: |
Books
Promotions
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| LSN: |
0-8166-4524-8 |
| Barcode: |
9780816645244 |
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