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Class dismissed: In praise of the poet Claudia Rankine

19 mins | May 28, 2017
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Frank Guan writing in The Point Magazine, examines poetry, its class character, racial bent and political power. He praises poet Claudia Rankine, 2016 Macarthur Fellow, for her “transformation of the lyric nature poem” into a medium for political expression.

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