{"product_id":"times-square-red-times-square-samuel-r-delany-9781479827770","title":"Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwentieth anniversary edition of a landmark book that cataloged a vibrant but disappearing neighborhood in New York City\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the two decades that preceded the original publication of \u003ci\u003eTimes Square Red, Times Square Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, Forty-second Street, then the most infamous street in America, was being remade into a sanitized tourist haven. In the forced disappearance of porn theaters, peep shows, and street hustlers to make room for a Disney store, a children's theater, and large, neon-lit cafes, Samuel R. Delany saw a disappearance, not only of the old Times Square, but of the complex social relationships that developed there. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSamuel R. Delany bore witness to the dismantling of the institutions that promoted points of contact between people of different classes and races in a public space, and in this hybrid text, argues for the necessity of public restrooms and tree-filled parks to a city's physical and psychological landscape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis twentieth anniversary edition includes a new foreword by Robert Reid-Pharr that traces the importance and continued resonances of Samuel R. Delany's groundbreaking \u003ci\u003eTimes Square Red, Times Square Blue\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Samuel R. Delany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1479827770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781479827770\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.80w x 0.70d","brand":"Samuel R. Delany","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44049601724671,"sku":"9781479827770","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_49105d56-5e8b-4312-b2cf-f5dd66055004.jpg?v=1685002453","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/times-square-red-times-square-samuel-r-delany-9781479827770","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}