Configurations by Clarence Major
Finalist for the National Book AwardDrawing his most outstanding work from nine previous volumes of award-winning poetry, Clarence Major had added a substantial body of new work to present a clear assessment of his forty-year career. By turns humorous and serious, Major is always richly lyrical while remaining precise in his observations. Line by line, his poems insist upon their own integrity, driven on by music as equally inspired by blues and jazz as it is by the Cantos of Ezra Pound.
Born in Atlanta and raised in Chicago, Clarence Major is the author of eight previous volumes of poetry, eight novels, including Dirty Bird Blues (originally published in HC by Mercury House), several collections of short stories and nonfiction, and editor of two acclaimed anthologies of African-American literature. He teaches at the University of California, Davis.
"Like the finest blues, Clarence Major is, by turns, hypnotic, exotic, and healthily erotic."--Al Young
"[Clarence Major] writes poetry with the resistant, angular surface of tumbled brick. As if the poem had been literally smashed. An improvisational, jazz-like quality. Some tough, sharp observations."--Kirkus Reviews
"Passionate [and] controlled lyricism. . . The prevailing tonality of the poetry is quiet, almost philosophical."--Library Journal
CLARENCE MAJOR is a well-known figure in American literature, having been a finalist for the National Book Award in 1999 and the author of twelve collections of poetry, eight novels, and several nonfiction works. Major is currently a professor of modern American literature and creative writing in the University of California at Davis, where he has received numerous prizes and fellowships.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781556590900 |
| ISBN 10 | 1556590903 |
| Title | Configurations |
| Author | Clarence Major |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Copper Canyon Press,U.S. |
| Year published | 1998-10-15 |
| Number of pages | 375 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for National Book Awards (Poetry) 1999 |
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