Configurations: New & Selected Poems, 1958-1998

by Clarence Major

Book Overview

Finalist for the National Book Award

Drawing 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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556590903
• ISBN13: 9781556590900
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Copper Canyon Press
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"