{"product_id":"delany-samuel-r-the-edge-ohb","title":"[01\/26\/27] Delany, Samuel R.: The Edge of Language: The Journals of Samuel R. Delany, Volume 2, 1969-1979 (HB)","description":"\u003cp\u003eWesleyan University Press, hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEdited by Kenneth R. James\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublication Date: January 26, 2027\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePublisher Marketing:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAcclaimed author's account of the 1970s and the process behind his masterpieces of science fiction and literary criticism\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis long-awaited second volume of \u003ci\u003eThe Journals of Samuel R. Delany\u003c\/i\u003e offers a window into the 1970s, a pivotal decade in Delany's career, when he produced some of his most daring and influential work. The journals trace the evolution of \u003ci\u003eDhalgren\u003c\/i\u003e, the ambitious, experimental novel that polarized readers yet became his most commercially successful book, as well as the long-suppressed \u003ci\u003eHogg\u003c\/i\u003e, a brutal exploration of transgression. They show Delany's subsequent work on \u003ci\u003eTrouble on Triton\u003c\/i\u003e and the groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eTales of Nevèrÿon\u003c\/i\u003e, which wove philosophy, sexuality, and myth into sword-and-sorcery narratives. They also capture his early development of \u003ci\u003eStars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as the critical insights that would reshape science fiction studies in \u003ci\u003eThe Jewel-Hinged Jaw\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Shore\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eStarboard Wine\u003c\/i\u003e. Intellectually vibrant and deeply personal, these writings illuminate Delany's life as a black gay writer navigating identity, desire, and community amid the cultural transformations of the era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEditor and Delany scholar Kenneth R. James has included a generous sampling of story outlines, fragments of fiction and criticism, and letter drafts alongside the personal entries, and has also supplied biographical synopses and endnotes, all of which enrich and clarify the personal narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45143453958167,"sku":"9780819577337","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0004\/6497\/7956\/files\/81Q94SqQACL._SL1500.jpg?v=1782076286","url":"https:\/\/open-books-a-poem-emporium.myshopify.com\/products\/delany-samuel-r-the-edge-ohb","provider":"Open Books: A Poem Emporium","version":"1.0","type":"link"}