Heavenly Breakfast is a 1979 autobigraphical novel by author, professor, and critic Samuel R. Delany

Samuel R. Delany

Samuel Ray Delany, Jr., also known as "Chip" is an American author, professor and literary critic. His work includes a number of novels, many in the science fiction genre, as well as memoir, criticism, and essays on sexuality and society.His science fiction novels include Babel-17, The Einstein...

. It details a few years of his life he spent living in a commune in New York City during the winter of 1968. Heavenly Breakfast was also the name of the folk band that lived in the commune, which consisted of Steve Wiseman, Susan Schweers, and Bert Lee (later of the Central Park Sheiks

Central Park Sheiks

The Central Park Sheiks were a folk band that formed in the early 1970s. They released several albums on major labels, and many well-known musicians were associated with or in the band, such as Matt Glaser,Richard Lieberson, and Bert Lee. The band was also associated with Samuel R Delany's...

) and Delany It is one of several autobiographical works of note that Delany has written.