Synopses & Reviews
In Holding Company, Major Jackson explores art, literature, and music as a kingdom, or an empire, a dark, seductive force in our lives. In an effort to understand desire, beauty, and love as transient anodynes to metaphysical loneliness, he invokes Constantine Cavafy, Pablo Neruda, Anna Akhmatova, and Dante Rossetti.
from "Jewel-Tongued"
The stillness of a lover's mouth
assaulted me. I never wearied of anecdotes
on the Commons, gesturing until I scattered
myself into a luminance, shining over a city
of women. Was I less human or more? I hear still
my breathing echoing off their pillows. So many
eyes like crushed flowers. Our fingers splayed
over a bed's edge. We were blown away.
Review
"Starred Review: This powerful book represents a painful but inspired journey." Publishers Weekly
Synopsis
from Jewel-Tongued The stillness of a lover s mouth assaulted me. I never wearied of anecdote on the Commons, gesturing until I scattere myself into a luminance, shining over a cit of women. Was I less human or more? I hear stil my breathing echoing off their pillows. So man eyes like crushed flowers. Our fingers splaye over a bed s edge. We were blown away"
Synopsis
from "Jewel-Tongued"
The stillness of a lover's mouth
assaulted me. I never wearied of anecdotes
on the Commons, gesturing until I scattered
myself into a luminance, shining over a city
of women. Was I less human or more? I hear still
my breathing echoing off their pillows. So many
eyes like crushed flowers. Our fingers splayed
over a bed's edge. We were blown away.
Synopsis
"Major Jackson makes poems that rumble and rock."--Dorianne Laux
Synopsis
In , Major Jackson explores art, literature, and music as a kingdom, or an empire, a dark, seductive force in our lives. In an effort to understand desire, beauty, and love as transient anodynes to metaphysical loneliness, he invokes Constantine Cavafy, Pablo Neruda, Anna Akhmatova, and Dante Rossetti. from "Jewel-Tongued"
About the Author
Major Jackson"s previous collection, Leaving Saturn, was a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. He teaches at the University of Vermont and lives in South Burlington.