Major Jackson

Razzle Dazzle: New and Selected Poems 2002-2022 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

An exuberant collection of two decades of Major Jackson's passionately intelligent poetry.

A preeminent voice in contemporary literature, Major Jackson offers steady miracles of vision and celebrations of language in rapturous, sophisticated poems. With selections from five acclaimed volumesincluding his Cave Canem Poetry Prizewinning debut, Leaving Saturn (2002); the NAACP Image Award finalist Hoops (2006); and his vulnerable, philosophical latest, The Absurd Man (2020)along with three dozen new poems, Razzle Dazzle traces the evolution of Jackson's transformative imagination and fierce music. Whether addressing racial conflict and the ongoing struggle for human dignity in America, bearing witness to the plight of refugees, or grieving the contradictory nature of humankind, these dexterous poems proclaim the remarkable power of renewal, justice, and accountability.

From The Ocean You Answer To
Unseen, many marveled in the comfort of their tiny utopias.
But you stood like music with your breath outstretched
waiting for eternity to enter your arms.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: W. W. Norton & Company
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781324064916
• Artikelnr.: 67345700

Autorenporträt

Major Jackson is the author of five volumes of poetry, poetry editor of the Harvard Review, and the host of the podcast The Slowdown. A recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize, and a Whiting Award, he teaches at Vanderbilt University.