The Motion Of Light In Water: Sex And Science Fiction Writing In The East Village by Samuel R. Delany

The Motion Of Light In Water: Sex And Science Fiction Writing In The East Village

Samuel R. Delany

584 pages • first pub 1988 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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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 summe...

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reflective 80%
informative 70%
emotional 50%
adventurous 40%
inspiring 40%
challenging 30%
hopeful 20%
dark 10%
funny 10%
lighthearted 10%
tense 10%

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medium 42%

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