Claudia Rankine

Claudia Rankine is a Jamaican-American poet, essayist and playwright, born in 1963. She is best known for Citizen: An American Lyric, a book of poetry that won the 2015 National Book Critics Circle Award in Poetry and the Forward Prize for Best Collection. Her other books include the poetry collections Plot and The End of the Alphabet, and Don't Let Me Be Lonely, a collection of essays. She joined the NYU Creative Writing Program as a professor in 2021.