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Among his most popular publications emerge a widely-known apocalyptic science fiction hit ( Dhalgren), a collection of essays on the craft of writing, ( About Writing) and another on the queer sex-positive history and gentrification of midcentury gay male culture populating the porn theaters of 42nd Street and 8th Avenue ( Times Square Red, Times Square Blue). He has also penned a four-part queer fantasy series ( Return to Neveryon) and a revealingly heartfelt memoir ( The Motion of Light in Water). Vastly underrated and underappreciated, Delany's latest creation is a racy, pungent illustrat...
Palm Springs Desert Sun This year of COVID-19 has changed the way we live, clearly, but in a subtle way it's also changed the way we talk. There are words and phrases that we say now without a second thought that one year ago we didn't even know existed. At this point, "Pfizer or Moderna?" is a perfectly acceptable pick-up line, right up there with, "Your Zoom room or mine?" I remember last March I asked my 7-year-old niece how school was going, and she said in the cutest little way: "Um good, Uncle Shad." I asked her the same thing today, and she said. "Asynchronous learning isn't as con...