The case of Lionel Tate in Claudia Rankine's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric" (2004) – and on the internet today

While re-reading Claudia Rankine's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric" (2004), I was struck by her mention of Lionel Tate. In 2001, ...

From Claudia Rankine to Aimé Césaire and César Vallejo

Between April 2016 and March 2017, I read Claudia Rankine's "Don't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric" (2004) four times (in part because I...

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A Reading List for Black History Month 2024 - Community of Literary Magazines and Presses

For Black History Month, observed annually during the month of February, we asked our member magazines and presses to share with us some of the books and literary journals they recommend reading in celebration.   Poetry   Rupture by Monique Adelle Codhill Press | 2023 Rupture “weaves together the history of enslaved women in the […]

Fifi's review of Citizen

5/5: 'Then the voice in your head silently tells you to take your foot off your throat because just getting along shouldn't be an ambition.' #DeZinVanHetBoek #TheEssenceOfTheBook Wow. I can only try and imagine - but will most likely fail to fully grasp - what it must be like to be a person of colour who is confronted with racism day in and day out. Claudia Rankine manages to instill in the reader's mind a sense of what it is like for her and for people who she has corresponded with and who provided her with examples. I am so in awe of Rankine for the way she shares a wide range of experience...

‎Desert Island Discs: Claudia Rankine, poet on Apple Podcasts

‎Show Desert Island Discs, Ep Claudia Rankine, poet - Jul 9, 2023