Heavenly Breakfast: An Essay on the Winter of Love is a 1979 memoir by author, professor, and critic Samuel R. Delany.[1] It details the time he spent living in a commune in New York City during the winter of 1967–1968,[2] although altering some details.[3]

Heavenly Breakfast
Cover of first edition paperback
AuthorSamuel R. Delany
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreNon-fiction
Publication date
1979
Media typePrint (Paperback)

Heavenly Breakfast was also the name of the rock band that lived in the commune, which consisted of Steve Wiseman, Susan Schweers, Bert Lee (later of the Central Park Sheiks),[4] and Delany.[5]

The book is one of several autobiographical works by Delany.[6]

References edit

  1. ^ Andrews, William L.; Foster, Frances Smith; Harris, Trudier (2001-02-15). The Concise Oxford Companion to African American Literature. Oxford University Press. p. 104. ISBN 9780198031758.
  2. ^ "The doomfiles - SAMUEL.html". Obsidianrook.com. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  3. ^ Nelson, Emmanuel Sampath (2002). African American Autobiographers: A Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 85–86. ISBN 9780313314094.
  4. ^ "Central Park Sheiks in Greenwich Village on May 15, 1974 : Monte Barry : Free Download & Streaming : Internet Archive". Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  5. ^ "Samuel R. Delany by K. Leslie Steiner". Pseudopodium.org. Retrieved 2011-04-02.
  6. ^ Delany, Samuel R. (2009). Conversations with Samuel R. Delany - Google Books. ISBN 9781604732788. Retrieved 2011-04-02.