Major, Charles
Major, Charles( 1936– ),born in Atlanta, received degrees from SUNY at Albany and the Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities, has taught English at the University of Colorado since 1977. His very full literary career began with Love Poems of a Black Man (1965), poetry continued in Human Juices (1966); Swallow the Lake (1970), about the difficult lives of black people in a city; Private Line (1971); The Syncopated Cakewalk (1974); and Some Observations of a Stranger at Zuñi (1988). Equally extensive is his body of fiction beginning with All-Night Visitors (1969), a rambling tale concerning the sexual and other experiences of a young black man; No (1973), about the maturing of a young black boy; Reflex and Bone Structure (1975), relating the murder of a black actress; Emergency Exit (1979), treating the falling apart of two black lovers; My Amputations...
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