Leaving Saturn

Poems

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Jackson, Major

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Beschreibung

In this collection, which features both formal and free-verse poems, Major Jackson renders visible the spirit of resilience, courage and creativity he witnessed among his family, neighbours and friends while growing up in Philadelphia.

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ISBN/GTIN978-0-8203-2342-8

ProduktartBuch

EinbandKartoniert, Paperback

VerlagUniversity of Georgia Press

Erscheinungsdatum31.01.2002

Seiten96 Seiten

SpracheEnglisch

MasseBreite 150 mm, Höhe 207 mm, Dicke 8 mm

Gewicht136 g

Artikel-Nr.2173416

KatalogBuchzentrum

Datenquelle-Nr.9604630

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Jackson, Major

Major Jackson's debut volume of poems, "Leaving Saturn," selected by poet and novelist Al Young to receive the 2000 Cave Canem Poetry Prize for the best first book by an African American poet, was nominated for a 2002 National Book Critics Circle Award and has received critical attention in the "Boston Globe," "Christian Science Monitor," "Parnassus," "Philadelphia Inquirer," and on National Public Radio's "All Things Considered." His poems have appeared in the "American Poetry Review," "Boulevard," "Callaloo," "Grand Street," "Post Road," the "New Yorker," among other literary journals. Formerly the Literary Arts Curator of the Painted Bride Art Center in Philadelphia, he is the recipient of fellowships and awards from Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Pew Fellowship in the Arts, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, as well as a commission from The Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia. In 2003, he received the prestigious Whiting Writers' Award. He has given readings around the country and participated in many festivals including Geraldine R. Dodge Poetry Festival, Poetry Society of America's Festival of New American Poets, and the "New Yorker" Festival in Bryant Park, New York City. He is a graduate of Temple University and University of Oregon's Creative Writing Program. Major Jackson is an associate professor of English at University of Vermont, a faculty member of the MFA Creative Writing Program at Queens University of Charlotte in North Carolina, and a former Witter Bynner Fellow for the Library of Congress. He lives in South Burlington, Vermont. His second book of poems "Hoops" is forthcoming from W.W. Norton.