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Claudia Rankine


Born
Kingston, Jamaica
Genre
Poetry, Plays


Claudia Rankine is an American poet and playwright born in 1963 and raised in Kingston, Jamaica and New York City.

Rankine is the author of five collections of poetry, including "Citizen: An American Lyric" and "Don’t Let Me Be Lonely"; two plays including "The White Card," which premiered in February 2018 (ArtsEmerson and American Repertory Theater) and will be published with Graywolf Press in 2019, and "Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue"; as well as numerous video collaborations. She is also the editor of several anthologies including "The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind." In 2016, she cofounded The Racial Imaginary Institute. Among her numerous awards and honors, Rankine is the recipient of the Bobb ...more

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Average rating: 4.25 · 65,631 ratings · 6,470 reviews · 51 distinct works • Similar authors
Citizen: An American Lyric
4.25 avg rating — 51,490 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions
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Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An ...
4.26 avg rating — 6,193 ratings — published 2004 — 11 editions
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Just Us: An American Conver...
4.34 avg rating — 4,219 ratings — published 2020 — 6 editions
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The White Card: A Play
4.11 avg rating — 1,010 ratings — published 2018 — 4 editions
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The End of the Alphabet: Poems
3.84 avg rating — 366 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions
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Plot (Grove Press Poetry Se...
3.80 avg rating — 321 ratings — published 2001 — 6 editions
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The Racial Imaginary: Write...
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Die Deeper into Life
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“because white men can't
police their imagination
black men are dying”
― Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
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“The past is a life sentence, a blunt instrument aimed at tomorrow.”
― Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
tags: future, history, past
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“Then the voice in your head silently tells you to take your foot off your throat because just getting along shouldn’t be an ambition.”
― Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric
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21st Century Lite...: 2014 National Book Award 27 185 Nov 20, 2014 07:59AM  
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Literary Fiction ...: National Book Critics Circle Awards Finalists 3 27 Jan 21, 2015 01:32PM  
2015: The Year of...: Claudia Rankine 11 23 Jan 21, 2015 06:42PM  
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