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Only finished one book last week:
Bread and Wine: an erotic tale of New York by Samuel R. Delany, drawn by Mia Wolfe. This is a short memoir of how Delany met and fell in love with Dennis Rickett, who was living on the street and selling used books at the time. It's a nicely told story about an unexpected relationship in mid-life, starting with a simple conversation between the two men, "you can pay me for the book later," and Dennis's surprise when Chip did. Delany is a good enough memoirist that this might interest people who don't already know about his life or work; you don't need any background for either Heavenly Breakfast or The Motion of Light in Water, books about other parts of Delany's life. After the actual story, there are several pages of somewhat meta afterword, with comments from the artist, Chip, Dennis, and Chip's daughter Iva, who watched some of this unfold.
Bread and Wine: an erotic tale of New York by Samuel R. Delany, drawn by Mia Wolfe. This is a short memoir of how Delany met and fell in love with Dennis Rickett, who was living on the street and selling used books at the time. It's a nicely told story about an unexpected relationship in mid-life, starting with a simple conversation between the two men, "you can pay me for the book later," and Dennis's surprise when Chip did. Delany is a good enough memoirist that this might interest people who don't already know about his life or work; you don't need any background for either Heavenly Breakfast or The Motion of Light in Water, books about other parts of Delany's life. After the actual story, there are several pages of somewhat meta afterword, with comments from the artist, Chip, Dennis, and Chip's daughter Iva, who watched some of this unfold.
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