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“Just Getting Along Shouldn’t Be an Ambition”

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

July 14, 2021 by esmemoria 1 Comment

CBR 13 Bingo: UnCannon Sometimes I read a book that is so deep it’s hard to put it into words for other people to understand. The only response is a directive: “You should read this.” This is how I feel about Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric. Rankine’s book is about not just her experience as a Black woman—although it is that as well—but what it’s like to be Black in a racist world, though that is a reductive summary that doesn’t do justice to […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: cbr13bingo, Claudia Rankine

esmemoria's CBR13 Review No:24 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: cbr13bingo, Claudia Rankine ·
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Assorted Nonfiction I

The Painted Word by Tom Wolfe

Citizen by Claudia Rankine

Let Us Compare Mythologies by Leonard Cohen

A Load of Hooey by Bob Odenkirk

You Do You by Various

Here is New York by EB White

Bad Faith by Mike Daisy

April 2, 2021 by vel veeter Leave a Comment

The Painted Word – Tom Wolfe – 4/5 Stars I haven’t read a lot of Tom Wolfe (white suit, not Southern writer) but he was one of those public figures who was just around in my childhood watching tv. He made a guest spot on the Simpsons for example. This essay takes a look at contemporary art about up to 1975 ending more or less with pop art and photorealism. The essay begins with a paraphrased idea that art used to work: the art drives […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: Bob Odenkirk, Claudia Rankine, EB White, leonard cohen, Mike Daisy, Tom Wolfe, various

vel veeter's CBR13 Review No:129 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: Bob Odenkirk, Claudia Rankine, EB White, leonard cohen, Mike Daisy, Tom Wolfe, various ·
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The Banality of Racism

Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

August 21, 2017 by ElCicco Leave a Comment

Citizen: An American Lyric (2014) was a finalist for the National Book Award for poetry, the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in poetry, and winner of many other literary prizes. It is a series of reflections written as poetry on racism in its many forms, from childhood through adulthood, from everyday personal experiences to those that make national news. Rankine, with precise and evocative language, provides a series of images with words that demonstrate the relentlessness and predictability of racism in America […]

Filed Under: Poetry Tagged With: Anti-Racism, cbr9, Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine, ElCicco, poetry, Racism, ReadWomen

ElCicco's CBR9 Review No:36 · Genres: Poetry · Tags: Anti-Racism, cbr9, Citizen: An American Lyric, Claudia Rankine, ElCicco, poetry, Racism, ReadWomen ·
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