Citizen An American Lyric

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The critically acclaimed exploration of mounting racial aggressions in 21st century daily life and in the media

In this moving, critical and fiercely intelligent collection of prose poems, Claudia Rankine examines the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, and longer meditations on the violence - whether linguistic or physical - which has impacted the lives of Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Duggan and others.

Awarded the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry in America after becoming the first book in the prize's history to be a finalist in both the poetry and criticism categories, Citizen weaves essays, images and poetry together to form a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in our ostensibly "post-race" society.

Book details and technical specifications

Format: Paperback / softback
ISBN13: 9780141981772
Published: July 2015

Number of pages: 176
Width: 128 mm
Height: 198 mm
Depth: 15 mm

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd