Samuel R. Delany

Samuel Ray Delany Jr. (/dəˈleɪni/; born April 1, 1942), Chip Delany to his friends,[2] is an American author and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism and essays on sexuality and society.

His works include Babel-17, The Einstein Intersection (winners of the Nebula Award for 1966[3] and 1967[4] respectively), Nova, Dhalgren, and the Return to Nevèrÿon series. After winning four Nebula awards and two Hugo Awards[5] over the course of his career, Delany was inducted by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame in 2002.[6] From January 2001 until his retirement in May 2015,[7][8] he was a professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University in Philadelphia. In 2010 he won the third J. Lloyd Eaton Lifetime Achievement Award in Science Fiction from the academic Eaton Science Fiction Conference at UCR Libraries.[9] The Science Fiction Writers of America named him its 30th SFWA Grand Master in 2013.[10]

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Charles d’Espinay

Charles d’Espinay (c. 1531, château d’Espinay – September 1591, Epiniac) was a French cleric, bishop and poet. He is most notable for his sonnets, particularly his erotic “Sonnets amoureux” published in 1559-1560 – he was a contemporary and disciple of Pierre de Ronsard.[1] He was the younger son of Guy III d’Espinay († 1551) and […]

Hanns Heinz Ewers

Hanns Heinz Ewers (3 November 1871 – 12 June 1943) was a German actor, poet, philosopher, and writer of short stories and novels. While he wrote on a wide range of subjects, he is now known mainly for his works of horror, particularly his trilogy of novels about the adventures of Frank Braun, a character […]

Terence Sellers

Terence Sellers (1952-2016) was a New York-based writer deeply involved in the Downtown Arts Scene. Her papers have been collected by New York University’s Fales Library Downtown Collection. Terence Sellers was born in 1952 to Robert and Gloria Sellers in Washington, D.C.. From 1970-1973 she attended St. John’s College in Santa Fe, New Mexico in […]

D. H. Lawrence

David Herbert Lawrence (11 September 1885 – 2 March 1930) was an English writer and poet. His collected works represent, among other things, an extended reflection upon the dehumanising effects of modernity and industrialisation. Some of the issues Lawrence explores are sexuality, emotional health, vitality, spontaneity, and instinct. Lawrence’s opinions earned him many enemies and he […]

Midori (author)

Midori (美登里) is a sexuality writer, speaker, artist, and sex educator based in San Francisco, California, who writes on alternative sexual practices, including BDSM and sexual fetishism, including bondage, foot fetishism, Japanese bondage and shoe fetishism.[1] Midori was born in Kyoto, Japan, of Japanese and German parents, and raised with feminist values, while growing up […]

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