![]() ![]() 19 were the years that he (and many others) first became fully conscious of AIDS (the disease had only been named in 1982). Like Whitman or Melville, Delany is a New York democrat comfortable with all walks of life, as likely to go to hustle for sex in a movie theatre as to a party hosted by a millionaire, equally at ease with Umberto Eco as with Stan Lee. ![]() 1984 provides a remarkably intimate picture of Delany’s life during a crucial moment in time. White, who has nothing else in common with Delany). (Oddly enough the only other writer I can think of who was so similarly bold with publishing his correspondence was E.B. : Writers don’t usually publish their letters while still alive (the task is usually left to widows, ex-lovers, and assistants) but Delany has never been one to follow the rules. ![]()
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