Times Square Red, Times Square Blue 20th Anniversary Edition

Republished in a 20th anniversary edition by NYU Press, Times Square Red is both a thoughtful remembrance and a serious study of Times Square’s infamous porn theaters and the gay hookup scene therein during their pre-AIDS 1970s-‘80s heyday. … alongside Times Square Red, Times Square Blue’s hand and blow jobs, there are both provocative arguments and charmingly observed tidbits of lore and history… a clear-headed and intimate view of a New York that is irretrievably gone. ~Gothamist

[A] classic of queer history. ~Jordy Rosenberg, The New York Times

Remarkable. ~Salon

In a provocative and persuasively argued cri de coeur against New York City's gentrification and the redevelopment of Times Square in the name of 'family values and safety,' acclaimed science fiction writer Delany proves himself a dazzlingly eloquent and original social commentator. . . . This bracing and well-calibrated blend of journalism, personal history and cultural criticism will challenge readers of every persuasion. ~Publishers Weekly

Measured but emotional, illuminating but challenging. ~The San Francisco Chronicle

Essential. ~The Nation

Reading this book reminds me, as few others in a lifetime of reading have done, just why it is that we so love our cities, what we value in them, and why the great ones become so. [Delany is] one of our finest social critics and one of our great writers. ~James Sallis, Rain Taxi