Description
Poetry. California Interest. African & African American Studies. Women's Studies. "All the dimensions of devorah major's life and (yours) are here—from the 'beginning before the beginning,' galactic particles to the bebopness of our lives. She speaks of being, of becoming, of totality. Is it a journal, an investigation, the life philosophy of a great poet woman? Is it closer to love and color and everythingness beyond measure—intimacy, Big Mind and all-embracing love howling from the brave-bold island of Califia? Can we hold on? Or are we drifting? In this work, devorah charts the infinite music inside of us all. It is so good to read and in-vision devorah's journeys. After more than four decades of knowing devorah—I bow to her tender, iridescent greatness."—Juan Felipe Herrera
Author Bio
devorah major served as San Francisco's Third Poet Laureate. She has five poetry books; including CALIFIA'S DAUGHTER (Aquarius Press/Willow Books, 2020), AND THEN WE BECAME (City Lights Publishers, 2016), WHERE RIVER MEETS OCEAN (City Lights Publishers, 2003); two novels; four chapbooks and a host of short stories, essays, and poems in anthologies and periodicals. Trade Routes, a symphony by Guillermo Galindo with spoken word poetry and song by devorah major premiered at the Oakland East Bay Symphony in 2006. In June 2015 major premiered her poetry play Classic Black: Voices of 19th Century African-Americans in San Francisco at the S.F. International Arts Festival. devorah major performs her work nationally and internationally with and without musicians.
Author City: SAN FRANCISCO, CA USA