Clarence Major

WRITER & PAINTER

“Clarence Major [is] one of our most powerful novelists…"
Bill RoorbachAuthor of LIFE AMONG GIANTS
“Brazenly multi-talented Clarence Major is an American treasure."
Janet FitchAuthor of WHITE OLEANDER
“Clarence Major has a remarkable mind and the talent to match.”
Toni MorrisonNobel-prize winning author
“A new book by Major is a literary event.”
John BeckmanAuthor of AMERICAN FUN: FOUR CENTURIES OF JOYOUS REVOLT
“For forty-five years Major has been on the cutting edge of literature.”
Richard PriceAuthor of THE CLOCKERS
“Major is an essential American writer.”
Steve YarbroughAward-winning author of THE UNMADE WORLD
“...one of our most accomplished technical innovators.”
Jeffery Renard AllenAuthor of HOLDING PATTERN
“Major's hand is swift and his eye is sharp.”
John KeeneAuthor of ANNOTATIONS and COUNTERNARRATIVES
“...passionately committed to the aesthetics of language.”
Fanny HoweAward-winning poet, novelist
“Clarence Major is a wonder.”
Hilma WolitzerAuthor of ENDING and AN AVAILABLE MAN
“Clarence Major is a great American storyteller, a national treasure.”
Steve KatzAuthor of CREAMY AND DELICIOUS
“Clarence Major is an American original.”
Peter TrachtenbergAuthor of 7 TATTOOS
“...a pioneer on the cutting edge of contemporary fiction.”
Charles Johnson National Book Award Winner
“...the voice of our country singing sweet and bitter and loud…”
Luis Alberto UrreaPulitzer Prize finalist
“Clarence Major is a major American voice.”
Rick MoodyAward-winning author of THE ICE STORM
“...a writer of muscular imagination and fierce talent.”
Christian LivermoreAuthor of WE ARE NOT OK
“A new book by Clarence Major is always cause for celebration.”
Andre Lee
"This is a book full of delicious and sensual surprises. Clarence Major’s poems are a feast to be reckoned with, and it’s an honor to follow his global footsteps in this masterpiece of a book."
Allison JosephAuthor of LEXICON
Coming in March 2025

Four Days In Algeria

Clarence Major’s Four Days in Algeria is a poetic feast of travel taking us to Paris, Florence, Ghana, Algeria, and many other places. Major gives us adventurous encounters with ordinary life rendered through poems of dazzling agility and fearless bluntness. Allegorical and spontaneous, they are full of holiday energy as the poet passionately affirms life whether as he travels or simple in quiet moments of reflection.

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MORE BOOKS BY CLARENCE MAJOR  (VIEW ALL)

P-SporadicTroubleshooting
"A new book by Major is a literary event." - John Beckman
F-ThundercloudsInTheForecast
Chicago Heat and Other Stories
Art-PaintingsAndDrawings
One Flesh
Painted Turtle: Woman With Guitar
Such Was the Season
My Amputations
Reflex and Bone Structure
Configurations: New & Selcted Poems, 1958-1998
Waiting For Sweet Betty
Myself Painting: Poems
Down And Up: Poems
From Now On: New and Selected Poems, 1970-2015
My Studio: Poems

PAINTINGS (VIEW ALL)

Putah Creek (from memory), 30x60 acrylic on canvas, 2000
Carla, 36x48 acrylic on canvas, 2009
The Blue Tea Pot, 16x20 acrylic on canvas, 1997
Path to The Lake, 36 x 48 acrylic on canvas
Still Life with Plants and Fruit. 19x24 watercolor on paper, 1988
One Shoe. 30x30 acrylic on canvas, 2003
Yolo County Trees
Half Moon Bay, 60x45 2008-2015
Waiting. 24x30 acrylic on canvas, 2000