Golden Gate and other stories

Announcing publication next spring of Golden Gate and Other Stories by the justly celebrated Clarence Major.  As Luis Alberto Urrea says, “Clarence Major is the voice of our country singing sweet and bitter and loud.”

Stories of aspiration, thriving and authentic lives set in California’s Bay Area.

A few examples: A frustrated married woman searching for happiness online and at conferences. A reporter from San Francisco goes to Rome to interview the widow of a world-famous deceased American novelist. A young woman goes on a date with a young man just to teach him a lesson. In a San Francisco boarding house, a man is the bane of everyone’s existence. Two children are disappointed when their mother marries while they are away visiting their father. A dilettante throws parties everybody loves. A communist from France becomes paranoid when the man she is dating might be spying on her. A frustrated married woman searching for happiness online and at conferences; A reporter from San Francisco goes to Rome to interview the widow of a world-famous deceased American novelist; In a San Francisco boarding house, a man is the bane of everyone’s existence; and ten others.

Clarence Major is a major American voice, and this book shows, in the short story form, why he is.