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Description

In these poems of broken unions and acute longing, Major Jackson explores art, literature, and music as seductive forces in our lives.

Product Details

Price

$15.95 $14.83

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

Publish Date

February 06, 2012

Pages

Dimensions

5.4 X 0.4 X 8.1 inches | 0.35 pounds

Language

English

Type

Paperback

EAN/UPC

9780393341126

BISAC Categories:

American - General

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About the Author

Major Jackson is the author of six volumes of poetry. His honors include a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. The poetry editor of the Harvard Review and the host of the podcast The Slowdown, Jackson lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Reviews

At times mysterious and at others matter-of-fact, this collection provides much to savor.
Passionate, urgent, and lonely . . . [including] lines and images as delicious as they are surprising.

Joshua Tree Authors