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The motion of light in water : sex and science fiction writing in the East Village, 1957-1965 /

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, ne...

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Main Author:	Delany, Samuel R. (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Arbor House/William Morrow, [1988]
Subjects:	Delany, Samuel R. Authors, American > 20th century > Biography. Science fiction > Authorship. Popular culture > New York (State) > New York. Bohemianism > New York (State) > New York. East Village (New York, N.Y.) > Intellectual life. Authors, American. Bohemianism. Popular culture. New York (State) > New York. Delany, Samuel R. > 1942- Autobiografie Bohémiens. 1900-1999 Autobiographies. Biographies. Annotations (Provenance)

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