The motion of light in water : sex and science fiction writing in the East Village
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Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
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Published
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2004.
Format
Book
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572 pages : portrait ; 24 cm
Language
English

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Originally published: New York : R. Kasak, 1993.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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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 tertiary walk-ons by Bob Dylan, Stokely Carmichael, W. H. Auden, and James Baldwin, and a panoply of brilliantly drawn secondary characters. -- from Amazon.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Delany, S. R. (2004). The motion of light in water: sex and science fiction writing in the East Village (First University of Minnesota Press edition.). University of Minnesota Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Delany, Samuel R.. 2004. The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village. University of Minnesota Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Delany, Samuel R.. The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Delany, Samuel R.. The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village First University of Minnesota Press edition., University of Minnesota Press, 2004.

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