A review by annasophie
Citizen: An American Lyric by Claudia Rankine

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5.0

I was floored reading this. It’s beyond me how Rankine manages to pack so much into relatively few, short sentences; so much into such small glimpses of interactions and situations.

I’m puzzled over how I would describe her wording—is it incredibly concise or necessarily vague? I don’t know the answer, but what she achieves here can only be done by someone with a great understanding of and feeling for how language works. Absolutely gorgeous work and of course very important.
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