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Delany, Samuel R.

(Encyclopedia) Delany, Samuel R. (Samuel Ray Delany, Jr.), 1942–, African-American wrtier, b. Harlem, New York City. Delany uses science fiction, fantasy, and memoir to explore sexual identity, race…

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany is the winner of multiple Hugo and Nebula awards and one of science fiction's most celebrated authors. Born and raised in New York City, Delany began writing in the early 1960s.…

Afrofuturism

(Encyclopedia) Afrofuturism, artistic and cultural movement that is based on the wedding of African diasporic themes with modern technology and elements of science fiction and fantasy.…

Dana Delany

Dana Delany has been an American television star since she played nurse Colleen McMurphy on ABC's Vietnam War drama China Beach from 1988 to 1992. McMurphy was competent, caring, and occasionally…

Delany, Martin Robinson

(Encyclopedia) Delany, Martin RobinsonDelany, Martin Robinsondəlāˈnē [key], 1812–85, American black leader, b. Charles Town, Va. (now in West Virginia). The son of free blacks, he attended a black…

Sarah Delany Biography

Sarah Delany(Sadie)Age: 109 co-author of the bestselling memoir Having Our Say: The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years, which she wrote with sister Bessie (who died at age 106 in 1995) to…

Wilberforce, Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Wilberforce, SamuelWilberforce, Samuelwĭlˈbərfôrs [key], 1805–73, English prelate; son of William Wilberforce. In 1845 he became bishop of Oxford. He did not support the Oxford…

George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin wrote the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire. Fans love him for the rollicking fantasy series that began with 1996's A Game of Thrones, and they famously became cross with him…

Brooke, Rupert

(Encyclopedia) Brooke, Rupert, 1887–1915, English poet. At the outbreak of World War I he joined the Royal Naval Division, served at Antwerp, and was in the Dardanelles expedition when he died of…

Samuel

(Encyclopedia) Samuel, two books of the Bible, originally a single work, called First and Second Samuel in modern Bibles, and First and Second Kingdoms in the Septuagint. They are considered part of…