{"product_id":"citizen-an-american-lyric","title":"Citizen: An American Lyric by Rankine, Claudia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Finalist for the National Book Award in Poetry *\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e* Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry * Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism * Winner of the NAACP Image Award * Winner of the L.A. Times Book Prize * Winner of the PEN Open Book Award *\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBoston Globe, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eBuzzFeed, \u003c\/i\u003e NPR. \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Publishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSlate, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eTime Out New York\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVulture\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRefinery 29, \u003c\/i\u003e and many more . . . \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA provocative meditation on race, Claudia Rankine's long-awaited follow up to her groundbreaking book \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eDon't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eClaudia Rankine's bold new book recounts mounting racial aggressions in ongoing encounters in twenty-first-century daily life and in the media. Some of these encounters are slights, seeming slips of the tongue, and some are intentional offensives in the classroom, at the supermarket, at home, on the tennis court with Serena Williams and the soccer field with Zinedine Zidane, online, on TV-everywhere, all the time. The accumulative stresses come to bear on a person's ability to speak, perform, and stay alive. Our addressability is tied to the state of our belonging, Rankine argues, as are our assumptions and expectations of citizenship. In essay, image, and poetry, \u003ci\u003eCitizen\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in our contemporary, often named \"post-race\" society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Claudia Rankine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Graywolf Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/07\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.50w x 0.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781555976903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Awards - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e L.A. Times Book Prize - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Literary Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Book Critics Circle Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Hurston\/Wright LEGACY Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/18\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2014 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker (The)\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/27\/2014 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly Best Books\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/03\/2014 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLJ Best Books of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/10\/2014 pg. 31\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/28\/2014 pg. 9\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/04\/2015 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/23\/2015 pg. 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNY Times Notable Bks of Year\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/06\/2015 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eClaudia Rankine\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of four previous books, including \u003ci\u003eDon't Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric. \u003c\/i\u003eShe currently is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and teaches at Pomona College.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Graywolf Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43656221327513,"sku":"9781555976903","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/img_5552a796-370e-4a35-8e4e-ae5229e6a19b.jpg?v=1724642763","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/citizen-an-american-lyric","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}