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Dirty Bird Blues
Häftad, 2022
179 kr
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A pulsating, powerful tale of the blues, from one of the great American writers of the twentieth centuryIt is Chicago in the 1950s and Manfred Banks has the Dirty Bird Blues. A musician and a blue-collar worker, he feels hard the tug of his two responsibilities: those to his wife and child, and …
Come By Here
My Mother''s Life
E-bok, 2002
213 kr
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Lavish praise for come by here "With elegant simplicity and uncommon wisdom, Clarence Major gives us not just the truth of his mother''s life but the unspoken truth behind the lie of color in the American story. A compelling narrative." -- Rilla Askew, author, Fire in Beulah "A brilliant rendering …
Come by Here
Inbunden, 2002
425 kr
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African-American writer Clarence Major explores the boundaries of identity, race, and colour in this autobiography of his mother, who passed as white without erasing her past as an African-American woman. In an exploration of family relationships, Major reveals her fears, victories, and the hidden …
Myself Painting
Poems
Häftad, 2008
286 kr
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In Myself Painting Clarence Major seeks to re-create for readers the inexpressible feeling that comes from creating art, with poems that speak not of painting itself but of its underlying process. Major incorporates the techniques of painting- particularly that of Post-Expressionism- into his …
My Studio
Poems
Häftad, 2018
268 kr
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Beginning and ending in Clarence Major's atelier, My Studio demonstrates how art can influence our perception of the world, prompting ""all the parts [to] coalesce into a cohesive whole."" With precise and engaging imagery, Major contemplates the spaces we occupy and the ""beauty in everyday …
Sporadic Troubleshooting
Poems
Häftad, 2022
268 kr
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Deeply felt and brimming with humor and philosophical inquiry, Sporadic Troubleshooting, the latest volume from Clarence Major, both acknowledges poetic literary tradition and explores exciting new territories in language. Throughout, Major uses an improvisational technique, applying it to …
Thunderclouds in the Forecast
A Novel
Häftad, 2021
283 kr
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Thunderclouds in the Forecast traverses the linked histories of two friends—one Black, the other white—who grew up wards of the state in New York. It’s April 1976 and Ray is taking Amtrak to San Francisco to reconnect with Scotty, his oldest friend, who he met in a shelter for abandoned children. …
Down and Up
Poems
Häftad, 2013
406 kr
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In Down and Up, Clarence Major makes use of American and European public places, their character and voice, to construct poems that explore the physical world juxtaposed sharply with the inner world. Sometimes realistic, sometimes dreamlike, these poems are dynamic, universal in theme, and …
From Now On
New and Selected Poems, 1970-2015
Häftad, 2015
684 kr
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Clarence Major is a consummate artist whose work in poetry, fiction, and painting has been widely recognized. He has been part of twenty-eight group exhibitions, has had fifteen one-man shows, and has published fourteen collections of poetry and nine works of fiction. Major’s works—and this …
From Now On
New and Selected Poems, 1970-2015
E-bok, 2015
650 kr
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Clarence Major is a consummate artist whose work in poetry, fiction, and painting has been widely recognized. He has been part of twenty-eight group exhibitions, has had fifteen one-man shows, and has published fourteen collections of poetry and nine works of fiction. Major’s works—and this …
Essential Clarence Major
Prose and Poetry
Häftad, 2020
384 kr
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Clarence Major is one of America's literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement …
Essential Clarence Major
Prose and Poetry
E-bok, 2020
1972 kr
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Clarence Major is one of America’s literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement …
Paintings and Drawings of Clarence Major
Inbunden, 2019
572 kr
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In the first volume to collect the paintings and drawings of Clarence Major, readers are offered six decades of unique, colorful, and compelling canvases and works on paper-works of singular beauty and social relevance. These works represent Major's personal painterly journey of passionate …
My Amputations
A Novel
Häftad, 2008
283 kr
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Originally published in 1986, this is a work of American fiction.
My Amputations
E-bok, 2013
500 kr
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Originally published in 1986, this new edition returns to print a classic, influential work of American fiction The author of the acclaimed novel Reflex and Bone Structure returns here in My Amputations to the question of identity, the double, adventure, detection, and mystery, but with more …
Conversations with Clarence Major
Av Clarence Major, Nancy Bunge
Häftad, 2002
351 kr
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For over forty years, Clarence Major (b. 1936) has engaged several artistic and literary pursuits, garnering acclaim for his paintings, edited anthologies, poetry collections, essays, and novels. His work within literature ranges from his popular dictionary of slang, Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of …
Four Days in Algeria
Poems
Häftad, 2025
205 kr
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PEN / REGINALD LOCKETT LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE • PRIZE-WINNING NOVELIST, POET, AND PAINTER • GEORGIA WRITER’S HALL OF FAME"A world traveler's notebook of gentle, affable observations."—The New York Times Book Review • “A remarkable mind and the talent to match.”—Toni …
Modernity
Häftad, 2027
203 kr
Kommande
From the barbershop to the railroad track, from the museum to the waiting room, this collection invites us to see through the eyes of one of the greatest living American poets. In Modernity, Clarence Major brings his painter's eye and poet's precision to the ordinary landscapes of contemporary …
Glint of Light, The
Inbunden, 2023
373 kr
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"This naturalistic novel follows a Black environmental scientist [Mark Smith]. The story is shaped by several cataclysmic events, which suit the novel’s backdrop, in which the Presidency of Barack Obama corresponds with a rise in white nationalism, though climate crisis and racially charged …
Essential Clarence Major
Prose and Poetry
E-bok, 2020
323 kr
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Clarence Major is one of America’s literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement …
Essential Clarence Major
Prose and Poetry
E-bok, 2020
1837 kr
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Clarence Major is one of America’s literary masters. He has published numerous books, from novels to poetry and short story collections. Among his many accolades, he was a finalist for the National Book Award and a Fulbright scholar and received the PEN Oakland/Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement …
Painted Turtle
Woman with Guitar
Häftad, 2015
251 kr
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This novel, narrated by Baldy, a Navajo/Hopi guitar player, tells the story of Zuni folk singer Painted Turtle, from her childhood experiences on the reservation to her performances in cantinas in the Southwest. First published in 1988 and long out of print, this work from Clarence Major follows …
