My name is Kenneth James, and I am currently editing the personal journals of the renowned SF writer Samuel R. Delany in a multivolume series for Wesleyan University Press. The first volume, In Search of Silence -- which collects Delany's journals from the 1960s -- has, since its publication earlier this year, received very positive reviews from such venues as The New Republic, The Gay & Lesbian Review, and the Barnes & Noble column by SF critic Paul Di Filippo. Here are links to two of these (the G & L Review article is unfortunately behind a paywall):
The next volume, which I'm working on now and which is entitled Autumnal City, collects Delany's personal journals from the '70s -- during which time Delany wrote some of his most groundbreaking work, including Dhalgren, Trouble on Triton, and Tales of Neveryon. During this time he also did substantial preliminary work for the novel Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand.
I've just launched a crowdfunding campaign at Indiegogo to fund the completion of Autumnal City. Here is a link to the campaign page; do check it out if you'd like to learn more about the project:
Please help spread the word about this campaign!
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