Samuel Delany is a science fiction writer, teacher and recipient of the William Whitehead Memorial Award for a lifetime's contribution to lesbian and gay culture. His autobiography focuses on his life in New York's lower east side in the 1960s and his development as a black gay writer in an open interracial marriage. The original edition, published in 1988 by Arbor House, won a Hugo Award for nonfiction. This paperbound edition is a reprint of the revised 1993 edition published by Richard Kasak. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR