Modernity

By Clarence Major

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 life, transforming everyday encounters into moments of revelation. Moving effortlessly among museums, city streets, family memory, dreams, travel, and ritual, these quietly luminous poems discover beauty, humor, melancholy, and resilience in the fleeting textures of modern experience. Animated by keen observation and philosophical wit, Modernity reflects on art, aging, love, race, memory, and the passage of time without sacrificing the immediacy of lived perception. The result is a deeply humane collection from one of America's most distinguished literary voices, celebrating the extraordinary that persists within the ordinary.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1961209896
• ISBN13: 9781961209893
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Tupelo Press, Incorporated
• Length: 80 Pages
• Dimensions: 6.0" x 9.0"