PREVIEW: Claudia Rankine’s Citizen

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr., Claudia Rankine, Pulitzer-prize-winning poet, will be speaking at Rackham Auditorium on January 16th, 4 PM. She will speak about her book, Citizen, an experimental book of poetry which has received much acclaim since its release in 2014. The book explores what it means to be black in America in the 21st century. Her talk will be followed by a booksigning.

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