Of Solids and Surds (häftad)
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Inbunden (Hardback)
Språk
Engelska
Antal sidor
168
Utgivningsdatum
2021-11-09
Förlag
Yale University Press
Dimensioner
178 x 127 x 18 mm
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182 g
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1
ISBN
9780300250404

Of Solids and Surds

Notes for Nol Sturgeon, Marilyn Hacker, Josh Lukin, Mia Wolff, Bill Stribling, and Bob White

av Samuel R Delany
Inbunden,  Engelska, 2021-11-09
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In the fourth volume in the Why I Write series, the iconic Samuel Delany remembers fifty years of writing and shaping the world of speculative fiction Delanys prismatic output is among the most significant, immense and innovative in American letters.Jordy Rosenberg, New York Times He dispenses wisdom about craftincluding the demanding revision process his dyslexia requiresbut most moving are the moments when he sheds light on connections he has made with other readers and writers. . . . Delanys fans are in for a treat.Publishers Weekly, starred review Language is the way humans deal with past, present, and future possibilities, as well as the subset called the probable. This is where Samuel Delany finds his justification for the writing life. Since the 1960s, occurrences such as Sputnik, school desegregation, and the advent of AIDS have given Delany, as a gay man, as a black man, access to certain truths and facts he could write about, and the languagesometimes fiction, sometimes nonfictionin which to present them. We write, Delany believes, at the intersection of your experience and mine in a way, I hope, that allows recognition.
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Praise for Samuel R. Delany: Delanys prismatic output is among the most significant, immense and innovative in American letters.Jordy Rosenberg, New York Times

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Samuel R. Delany is an awardwinning novelist and critic who taught literature and creative writing at the University of Massachusetts, Temple University, and the State University of New York.

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