Gary M. Pomerantz is an author and a lecturer in the graduate program in journalism at Stanford University. He started his career at the Washington Post, where he covered Georgetown University basketballand the National Football League. He then moved to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution where he wrote about a wide range of topics. His first book was about Atlanta: Where Peachtree Meets Sweet Auburn: A Saga of Race and Family. Since then he’s published books covering a wide range of topics, including WILT, 1962: The Night of 100 Points and the Dawn of a New Era; The Devil's Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and a New American Age; and Their Life's Work: The Brotherhood of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Then and Now. His most recent book is The Last Pass: Cousy, Russell, the Celtics, and What Matters in the End.

Bob Cousy highlight reel.

Cousy comes out of retirement in 1969 and plays in New York Knicks' record-breaking 18th win in a row (including people standing up and blocking the camera).

Bob and Gary's interview with NPR's Scott Simon.

Carl Freedman is the William A. Read Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Louisiana State University and the author of many books, including The Age of Nixon: A Study in Cultural Power; The Incomplete Projects: Marxism, Modernity, and the Politics of Culture; and Versions of Hollywood Crime Cinema: Studies in Ford, Wilder, Coppola, Scorsese, and Others. As you can see, his interests range widely but one of the main ones through the years has been science fiction. In addition to his book Critical Theory and Science Fiction, he has written many articles on the subject and edited collections of interviews with several sci-fi writers, including the subject of this episode, Samuel R. "Chip" Delany.

Delany was born in 1942 and started publishing at the age of 20. He is a prolific author in many genres, most frequently science fiction--and he was named a Grand Master of the form in 2013. Among his books mentioned in this episode are Babel-17; Dhalgren; Stars in My Pocket Like Grains of Sand; Times Square Red, Times Square Blue; Sods and Surds; and Of Solids and Surds.

Delany's website. Delany's Facebook page.

Carl Freedman's website. His Facebook page.

Following up on a couple of points mentioned in the podcast, Delany's aunts Sadie (born 1889) and Bessie (born 1891) were first the subjects of a magazine article in 1991, then a book called Having Our Say in 1993, and then a Broadways play (also called Having Our Say) in 1995.

Green's Dictionary of Slang lists the first appearance in print of the following terms:

Horse opera: 1927
Soap opera: 1939
Space opera: 1949

Photo of Delany by Delany.

A former Life magazine correspondent and CBS 60 Minutes producer, Chris Whipple is the author of Uncharted: How Trump Beat Biden, Harris, and the Odds in the Wildest Campaign in History' which was an instant top-ten New York Times bestseller. His previous best-selling books include The Gatekeepers: How the White House Chiefs of Staff Define Every Presidency; The Spymasters: How the CIA Directors Shape History and the Future; and The Fight of His Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House. His Vanity Fair cover story on the Trump White House created headlines worldwide.

His subject is the legendary photographer Harry Benson.

Harry Benson's website.

Harry Benson: Shoot First documentary.

Chris Whipple's website.

The image is Harry Benson's photograph of the Beatles pillow-fighting in a Paris hotel room in 1964. For information on licensing it and other Benson photos, visit his website.