Claudia Rankine

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Conversational essays on race, identity, and shared vulnerability

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Claudia Rankine
Claudia Rankine

Jamaican-American poet whose Citizen: An American Lyric is a landmark work blending prose, poetry, and photography to explore racial microaggressions. Her work has redefined what lyric poetry can do. She is one of the most important American literary voices of her generation.

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