Samuel R. Delany

Turns
out there's an excellent reason I couldn't find anything on the Duke
University site about Chip's speaking engagement next week.

Because it's at North Carolina State University. :-)

http://www.chass.ncsu.edu/calendar.php

"11/11/09 7:30 PM - Samuel Delany and the Fiction Contest Winners

Location: Caldwell Lounge

Come
fin...d out who won NC State's 2009 Fiction Contests. Winners of the
statewide contests for short fiction and short-short fiction were
chosen by this year's judge, science fiction legend Samuel Delany,
professor of English and Creative Writing at Temple University, and one
of the most distinguished American writers and critics of the last 50
years. Delany will help announce the contest winners and will give a reading from his own work."Read More

I'm happy to have found this place. Years ago (1986) Mr. Delany requested people to submit corrections to the text of "Dhalgren." Well, I found his phone# and actually called him (try doing that nowdays). I told him of 3 miscues that I had found, and he graciously informed me that perhaps one of these was read out of... context. I thanked him for his time and hung up. Imagine my surprise when, two days later, my phone rings, and it's Samuel Delany calling to tell me that the one that we disputed was a textual mistake that had been completely overlooked. A couple of weeks later, I received in the mail signed copies of the first three "Neveryon" books, all inscribed to me. The amazing thing is that the first one had been gone through with white-out and ballpoint pen, correcting all typos and mistakes. I cannot begin to express my feelings, which transcend time, for I only have to open the book to recover that initial sense of joy.Read More