Razzle Dazzle, 9781324105138
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Two decades of poems: resilience, art, and ecstatic song confront humanity.

Razzle Dazzle

new and selected poems 2002-2022

$43.95

  • Paperback

    288 pages

  • Release Date

    5 September 2025

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Summary

Razzle Dazzle: A Retrospective of Poetic Brilliance

A preeminent voice in contemporary literature, Major Jackson offers steady miracles of vision and celebrations of language in rapturous, sophisticated poems. Razzle Dazzle traces the evolution of Jackson’s transformative imagination and fierce music through five acclaimed volumes: his Cave Canem Poetry Prize–winning debut, Leaving Saturn (2002), which captures the spirit of resilience in the Philadelphia neighborh…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781324105138
ISBN-10:1324105135
Author:Major Jackson
Publisher:WW Norton & Co
Imprint:WW Norton & Co
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:288
Release Date:5 September 2025
Weight:268g
Dimensions:211mm x 140mm x 20mm
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Critics Review

An essential collection…bringing together the best of two decades of Jackson’s work.–Emily Temple “LitHub”Full of insight and warmth, these poems shine.–Publishers Weekly, starred review

About The Author

Major Jackson

Major Jackson is the author of six volumes of poetry. His honors include a Pushcart Prize, a Whiting Award, and fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. The poetry editor of the Harvard Review and the host of the podcast The Slowdown, Jackson lives in Nashville, Tennessee, where he is the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Chair in the Humanities at Vanderbilt University. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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