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The Motion of Light in Water: Sex and Science Fiction Writing in the East Village is an autobiography by science fiction author Samuel R. Delany in which he recounts his experiences as growing up a gay African American, as well as some of his time in an interracial and open marriage with Marilyn Hacker. (Wikipedia
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Character-led, grave, contemplative and classical in form.
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- gravecomic
- contemplativerelentless
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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- Author
- Samuel R. Delany
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 411
- Publisher
- Paladin, University of Minnesota Press, New American Library
- Editions
- 11
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780452262324
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