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Citizen

An American Lyric

by Claudia Rankine

Recommended by Cheryl Strayed

Recommended by Cheryl Strayed

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Economics, Poetry, and Most Recommended Books.

A provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's longawaited follow up to her groundbreaking book Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric.Claudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twentyfirstcentury daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the ton...

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Economics, Poetry, and Most Recommended Books.

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