July 20th, 2011 / 11:05 am
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At six-thirty or seven I’d get up, scramble Marilyn some eggs–she was eighteen, I was nineteen; we’d been married that August–make toast and coffee. She’d go out to work, and I’d start writing. I’d work all day, with a couple breaks for extracurricular sex in the local men’s rooms and a stop at the supermarket for dinner makings. Right before five, I’d start cooking again. In general, I believe I work a lot harder today than I did then. Today I’m a five-o’clock-in-the-morning riser. Although I do stare at the wall a lot.

Samuel R. Delany

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10 Comments

  1. July 20th, 2011 / 3:30 pm Michael Filippone—

      Yes! I just started reading Dhalgren the other day. At 180 pages in, I’m almost 25% through. I’m really enjoying it so far.

  2. July 20th, 2011 / 4:28 pm Rion Amilcar Scott—

      No link?

  3. July 20th, 2011 / 4:43 pm Anonymous—

      That’s from The Paris Review interview, right? Was amazed to find interviews with him AND William Gibson in the same issue. Also, though, it’s Delany, not Delaney. I liked his last novel, about the poet, and look forward to the next one, whatever it’s about.

  4. July 20th, 2011 / 5:08 pm Ben Mirov—

      I love Dhalgren. Also, The Mad Man and The Motion of Light in Water are two of my favorites.

  5. July 20th, 2011 / 5:09 pm Leapsloth14—

      Good fix, will get on it.

  6. July 20th, 2011 / 5:10 pm Leapsloth14—

      There is now. Tx.

  7. July 20th, 2011 / 5:10 pm Leapsloth14—

      There is now. Tx.

  8. July 20th, 2011 / 5:35 pm Don—

      Loved the interview.  The Gibson interview was good as well.

  9. July 20th, 2011 / 5:39 pm Roxane—

      I agree. Both the interviews were really informative.

  10. July 20th, 2011 / 5:41 pm Nicholas Liu—

      Anyone follow his Nevèrÿon series? What did you think of it?