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$26.95  \nCAN.$35.95  \nIn this knock-out collection,Major Jacksonsavors the complexity between perceptionand reality,the body and desire,account-ability and judgment.  \nInspired by Albert Camus's seminalMyth of Sisyphus,Major Jackson'sfifth volume subtly configures the poetas“absurd hero”and plunges headfirstinto a search for stable ground in anunstable world.We follow Jackson'srestless,vulnerable speaker as he pon-ders creation in the face of meaning-lessness,chronicles an increasinglytechnological world and the difficultyof social and political unity,probes afailed marriage,and grieves his lostmother with a stunning,lucid lyricism.  \nThe arc of a man emerges;hebravely confronts his past,includinghis betrayals and his mistakes,andquestions who he is as a father,as ahusband,as a son,and as a poet.Withintense musicality and verve,TheAbsurd Man also faces outward,find-ing refuge in intellectual and sensu-ous passions.At once melancholic andjubilant,Jackson considers the jour-ney of humanity,with all its foibles,asa sacred pattern of discovery recon-ciled by art and the imagination.  \nhttps://archive.org/details/absurdmanpoems0000jack  \nTHE ABSURD MAN  \nALSO BY MAJOR JACKSON  \nRoll Deep  \nHolding Company  \nHoops  \nLeaving Saturn  \nPO EM S  \nMajor Jackson  \nCopyright ◎202o by Major Jackson  \n# All rights reserved\n\nPrintedin the United States of AmericaFirst Edition  \nFor information about permissionto reproduce selections from this book,write toPermissions,W.W.Norton &Company,Inc.,5oo Fifth Avenue,New York,NY10110  \nFor information about special discounts for bulk purchases,please contactW.W.Norton Special Sales at specialsales@wwnorton.com or 8oo-233-4830  \nManufacturing by LSC Communications,HarrisonburgBook design by Chris WelchProduction manager:Anna Oler  \n# Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data\n\nNames:Jackson,Major,1968-author.  \nTitle:The absurd man:poems/Major Jackson.  \nDescription:First edition.|New 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