"The subtle fire that ripples under this amazing collection - from its heartbreakingly strange "Chicago Heat" to its ingenious reinventions of the hard-luck love story - is Clarence Major's uncanny knowledge of American life, coasts to heartland, past and right now. The imagery is completely accessible and generously given. Like paint on an easel he blends lyric harmony with moxie and the blunt with the beautiful. Major does not shy away from the bitter or the harsh we get to hear it all. Each narrative voice comes forward all at once, individual and complete, without obstacle or complication, enabling the reader to see the characters and feel their emotions. "Chicago Heat and Other Stories" employs a gorgeous purity and simplicity of language in a series of masterful stories exploring human interaction. Having written more than eight novels, including "My Amputations and Dirty Bird Blues," alongside a dozen books of poetry, "Chicago Heat and Other Stories" is Clarence Major's second work of short fiction and first book with Green Writers Press. BRATTLEBORO > Green Writers Press announced that "Chicago Heat and Other Stories" by Clarence Major was signed at the start of the new year and was published in September.
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