Claudia Rankine (born in 1963) is a Jamaican-born American poet, playwright, educator, and multimedia artist known for her works reflecting a moral vision that deplores racism and perpetuates the call for social justice. She envisions her craft as a means to create something vivid, intimate, and transparent. Her best-known work is Citizen: An American Lyric (2014), which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for poetry.
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