The Motion of Light in Water (Paperback)
Delany, Samuel R. (Author)
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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 tert...
ISBN (SKU)
9780816645244
Pages
584
Weight
818g
Dimensions
229x149x30
Imprint
University of Minnesota Press
Published
22, April, 2004
Genres
Society & Culture
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