Dictionary of Afro-American Slang, 1971

The Dark and Feeling, 1974

Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African-American Slang, 1994

Necessary Distance: Essays and Criticism, 2001

Conversations with Clarence Major edited by Nancy Bunge, University Press of Mississippi, 2002

Come By Here, 2002

Configurations Paintings by Clarence Major Pierre Menard Gallery Harvard Square Cambridge 2010 (Exhibition catalogue)

Clarence Major: Myself Painting 2011 University Art Gallery Indiana State University Terre Haute Indiana 2011 (Exhibition Catalogue)