Pagiarism?

As a lurker on the Yahoo fictionmags list (and yes, on this one too),  
I thought I should forward this interesting post:

Being Samuel Delany
Posted by: "Damien Broderick"
Thu Nov 9, 2006 12:50 am (PST)

I was reading Walter Mosley's BLUE LIGHT:

"The lady wasn't tall but was very round. Her glasses were framed in
metal. Her teeth were edged in gold. There were big silver hoops
hanging from her ears. She smiled at him the way women smile at small
children."

A Harlem skiffy avatar came upon me from 40 years gone:

"The lady was very round, not tall. Metal edged her glasses, gold her
teeth. From her ears big silver hoops hung. The way women smile at
school children? She smiled at him."

Damien



Eric here,

I can't recall the Delany text, but the two are certainly more than a  
bit close, and worth noting.

-Eric So

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