The Essential Clarence Major: Prose and Poetry
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Clarence Major. (2020). The Essential Clarence Major: Prose and Poetry. The University of North Carolina Press.

Clarence Major. 2020. The Essential Clarence Major: Prose and Poetry. The University of North Carolina Press.

Clarence Major, The Essential Clarence Major: Prose and Poetry. The University of North Carolina Press, 2020.

Clarence Major. The Essential Clarence Major: Prose and Poetry. The University of North Carolina Press, 2020.

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