Clarence Major Reads Billy Collins

Clarence Major joins Kevin Young (newyorker.com/contributors/kevin-young) to read “Downpour (newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/18/downpour),” by Billy Collins, and his own poem “Hair (newyorker.com/magazine/2018/05/07/hair).” Major’s recent honors include a PEN Oakland Reginald Lockett Lifetime Achievement Award and a Lifetime Achievement Award in the fine arts from the Congressional Black Caucus foundation.

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