![]() ![]() Something traumatic-it's not clear what-has happened in the city. Delany lives in Philadelphia, and is Professor Emeritus in the English Department at Temple University.ĭelany's novel Dhalgren takes place in the fictional midwestern city of Bellona. His output is vast and diverse, running the gamut from the fantasy of his Return to Nevèrÿon series to reflections on sex and gentrification in the nonfiction Times Square Red, Times Square Blue. He achieved massive success as a Black gay writer in a publishing world long dominated by straight white men. He has published dozens of novels, memoirs, short stories, and works of literary criticism since the early sixties. Delany.ĭelany is one of the most accomplished living science fiction writers. ![]() In a year when peoples' lives have been turned upside down by coronavirus many readers have found solace in science fiction. Science fiction has long been an arena where authors can speculate about the future from an uncertain present. One book that feels especially prescient during this moment of crisis is the 1975 classic Dhalgren by Samuel R. ![]()
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