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16 produkter
Roll Deep
Poems
Inbunden, 2015
309 kr
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In his fourth collection, a breakthrough volume, Major Jackson appropriates the vernacular notion of “rolling deep” to capture the spirit of aesthetic travel that defines these forceful new poems and brazenly announces his steady accretion of literary and artistic influences, both formal and …
Hoops
Poems
Häftad, 2007
263 kr
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In Hoops, Major Jackson continues to mine the solemn marvels of ordinary lives: a grandfather gardens in a tenement backyard; a teacher unconsciously renames her black students after French painters. The substance of Jackson's art is the representation of American citizens whose heroic endurance …
Roll Deep
Poems
Häftad, 2017
181 kr
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In his fourth collection, a breakthrough volume, Major Jackson appropriates the vernacular notion of “rolling deep” to capture the spirit of aesthetic travel that defines these forceful new poems and brazenly announces his steady accretion of literary and artistic influences, both formal and …
Absurd Man
Poems
Häftad, 2021
181 kr
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Inspired by Albert Camus’s seminal Myth of Sisyphus, Major Jackson’s fifth volume subtly configures the poet as “absurd hero” and plunges headfirst into a search for stable ground in an unstable world. We follow Jackson’s restless, vulnerable speaker as he ponders creation in the face of …
Beat Beyond
Selected Prose of Major Jackson
Häftad, 2022
301 kr
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In this collection of essays, talks, and reviews, Major Jackson revels in the work of poetry not only to limn and assess the intellectual and spiritual dimensions of poets, but to amplify the controversies and inner conflicts that define our age: political unrest, climate crises, the fallout from …
Beat Beyond
Selected Prose of Major Jackson
E-bok, 2022
328 kr
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In this collection of essays, talks, and reviews, Major Jackson revels in the work of poetry not only to limn and assess the intellectual and spiritual dimensions of poets, but to amplify the controversies and inner conflicts that define our age: political unrest, climate crises, the fallout from …
Leaving Saturn
Poems
Häftad, 2002
317 kr
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Leaving Saturn, chosen by Al Young as the winner of the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, is an ambitious and honest collection. Major Jackson, through both formal and free verse poems, renders visible the spirit of resilience, courage, and creativity he witnessed among his family, neighbors, and friends …
Razzle Dazzle
New and Selected Poems 2002-2022
Inbunden, 2023
301 kr
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A preeminent voice in contemporary literature, Major Jackson offers steady miracles of vision and celebrations of language in rapturous, sophisticated poems. Razzle Dazzle traces the evolution of Jackson’s transformative imagination and fierce music through five acclaimed volumes: his Cave Canem …
Razzle Dazzle
New and Selected Poems 2002-2022
Häftad, 2025
208 kr
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A pre-eminent voice in contemporary literature, Major Jackson offers steady miracles of vision and celebrations of language in rapturous, sophisticated poems. Razzle Dazzle traces the evolution of Jackson’s transformative imagination and fierce music through five acclaimed volumes. The volume opens …
Best American Poetry 2019
Av Major Jackson, David Lehman
E-bok, 2019
186 kr
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The 2019 edition of The Best American Poetry —“one of the mainstays of the poetry publication world” (Academy of American Poets)—now guest edited by Major Jackson, award-winning poet and poetry editor of the Harvard Review . Since 1988, The Best American Poetry has been the leading anthology of …
Heritage
Häftad, 2017
69 kr
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This pocket-sized paperback is one of the twenty-four titles published for 2017 Hong Kong International Poetry Nights. The theme of IPHHK2017 is “Ancient Enmity”. IPNHK is one of the most influential international poetry events in Asia. From 22–26 November 2017, over 20 invited poets from various …
A Bowl of Goodness
Nourishing Poems with a Side of Soup, Celebrating Community, Friendship, and Resilience
Av Major Jackson, Michael Ruhlman
Inbunden, 2026
243 kr
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An anthology of contemporary poems and soup recipes to nourish us, comfort us, and bind us together—gathered by award-winning poet Major Jackson. Poetry and soup both offer sustenance and comfort. And yet, the secret ingredient to every great meal is not what we see on the plate, but who we see …
Holding Company
Poems
Häftad, 2012
141 kr
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In these poems of broken unions and acute longing, Major Jackson explores art, literature, and music as seductive forces in our lives.
Absurd Man
Poems
Inbunden, 2020
309 kr
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Inspired by Albert Camus’s seminal Myth of Sisyphus, Major Jackson’s fifth volume subtly configures the poet as “absurd hero” and plunges headfirst into a search for stable ground in an unstable world. We follow Jackson’s restless, vulnerable speaker as he ponders creation in the face of …
