Dark reflections
By: Samuel R. Delany.
Edition: 1st Carrol & Graf ed.
Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9780786719471
Description: Arnold Hawley, a gay, African-American poet, has lived in NYC for most of his life. Dark Reflections traces Hawley's life in three sections--in reverse order. Part one: Hawley, at 50 years old, wins an award for his sixth book of poems. Part two explores Hawley's unhappy marriage, while the final section recalls his college days. Dark Reflections, moving back and forth in time, creates a meditation on social attitudes, loneliness, and life's triumphs.