DETROIT, Feb. 11, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Marygrove College hosts award-winning science fiction author Samuel R. Delany for a reading and book signing on Friday, April 11, 2008, at 8 p.m. in the Madame Cadillac Building. The lecture is free and open to the public.
Samuel R. Delany is the 20th writer to present his works at the annual Bauder Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series. He is the author of nearly fifty book-length works: novels, short stories, essays, memoirs and literary criticism.
Delany grew up in Harlem and began his career as novelist at age nineteen. By the time he was twenty-five (1967), he had published nine novels and had won two Nebula Awards, given to the year's best works of science fiction. He has continued to produce groundbreaking science fiction and fantasy including novels Equinox (1994) and Phallos (2004) and short-stories Driftglass: Ten Tales of Speculative Fiction (1971) and Aye, and Gomorrah: Stories (2003). His nonfiction includes critical essays about literature and about language, sexuality and race -- among a wide range of other subjects. In addition to four Nebula Awards, Delany has twice received the Hugo award for science fiction, the Science Fiction Research Association's Pilgrim Award for Excellence and the William Whitehead Memorial Award for Lifetime Achievement for Gay and Lesbian Literature. He has also been elected to the Science Fiction Hall of Fame.
Delany is professor of English and creative writing at Temple University in Philadelphia.
For more information, please visit www.marygrove.edu or call 313-927-1383. For sponsorship information, contact Janet Kuras at jkuras@marygrove.edu or 313-927-1436.
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