Dark Reflections

This Stonewall Book Award-winning novel traces the life and unrealised dreams of Arnold Hawley, a gay African American poet. The story opens with Hawley's lonely old age, traveling backward in time to his arrival in New York City of the 1950s. A meditation on isolation and sexual repression, the book also offers an acerbic look at the literary world and the frustrations intrinsic to artistic life. About the Author Author, professor, and literary critic Samuel R. Delany has received both Nebula and Hugo awards. In addition to his bestselling science-fiction novel Dhalgren, he has written literary fiction, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society.