An interview explores creative and critical writing influences, inspiration, and politics in art.
This article is an interview with Clarence Major, author, poet, and artist. He has won multiple awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in the Fine Arts from the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation and an International Literary Hall of Fame award from Chicago State University. In this interview, Major discusses the differences between critical writing and creative writing, sources of inspiration, nonconformism, travel, and politics in art.
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