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Clive James
Clive James (1939—2019), author of the best-selling Cultural Amnesia and Poetry Notebook, was an Officer of the Order of Australia and a Commander of the Order of the British Empire. His writing appeared in the New York Times Book Review, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic.
Awards
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2007
Winner — New York Times Notable Selection, 2008
Books by Clive James
Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
Clive James
Paperback, 2008
"I can't remember when I've learned as much from something I've read—or laughed as much while doing it." —Jacob Weisberg, SlateCultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories from History and the Arts
Clive James
Hardback, 2007
Forty years in the making, a new cultural canon that celebrates truth over hypocrisy, literature over totalitarianism.Opal Sunset: Selected Poems, 1958-2008
Clive James
Hardback, 2008
Inspired, through his vast reading, by the poetic voices of the past, yet always speaking in a voice unmistakably his own, Clive James ineffably combines humor and great tragedy (but never...Unreliable Memoirs
Clive James
Paperback, 2009
A best-selling classic around the world, Clive James’s hilarious memoir has long been unavailable in the United States.Opal Sunset: Selected Poems, 1958-2008
Clive James
Paperback, 2011
“A generous helping of [James’s] very best, guaranteed to lift the spirit and raise the eyebrow.”—Billy CollinsNefertiti in the Flak Tower: Poems
Clive James
Hardback, 2013
“Clive James is more or less the only living poet who manages to be both entertaining and moving.”—Edward MendelsonSentenced to Life: Poems
Clive James
Hardback, 2017
"There is an inevitable sadness to this moving collection. This being James, there are also moments of zinging energy and a sense of fun…James will remain in the present tense as those Japanese...Unreliable Memoirs
Clive James
E Book, 2009
A best-selling classic around the world, Clive James’s hilarious memoir has long been unavailable in the United States.Nefertiti in the Flak Tower: Poems
Clive James
E Book, 2013
“Clive James is more or less the only living poet who manages to be both entertaining and moving.”—Edward MendelsonSentenced to Life: Poems
Clive James
E Book, 2015
"There is an inevitable sadness to this moving collection. This being James, there are also moments of zinging energy and a sense of fun…James will remain in the present tense as those Japanese...