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Born September 4, 1963 (age 63) • Kingston • Jamaica
Notable Works “Citizen: An American Lyric” • “Just Us: An American Conversation” • “Nothing in Nature Is Private” • “Plot” • “The End of the Alphabet” • “The Provenance of Beauty: A South Bronx Travelogue” • “The White Card”

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Claudia Rankine sits on a beige couch with her dog Sammy beside her, colorful pillows behind them, and abstract art photos arranged on the wall above.
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Rita Dove
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Ishmael Reed
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Daniel Berrigan
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Jeannette Leonard Gilder
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John Jay Chapman.
John Jay Chapman
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Robert Coover
Robert Coover
American author
William Carlos Williams, wearing glasses and a bow tie, sits indoors holding a book with bookshelves and cabinets in the background, circa 1955.
William Carlos Williams
American poet
Mary Austin.
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Marya Mannes
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Archibald MacLeish
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Sonia Sanchez
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June Jordan.
June Jordan
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Reynolds Price
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Tess Gallagher
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Claude McKay
Claude McKay
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Louis Simpson
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Henry David Thoreau
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