The Spokesman-Review

Through poetry, images and conversation: Poet and playwright Claudia Rankine to deliver Gonzaga’s Race and Racism Lecture

What: Claudia Rankine, poet, playwright and author of “Citizen: An American Lyric,” a poetic meditation on race, and the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University, will discuss mounting ...
The Spokesman-Review

Gonzaga’s Race and Racism Lecture puts issues in perspective for the university, Spokane high schools

How can educators cause enough “peaceful discomfort” for students to acknowledge the need for change and become more accepting and inclusive? That was one of several questions asked Wednesday night of ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

Poet Claudia Rankine to explore meaning of survival in UChicago lecture series

Amid historic times, Claudia Rankine feels a deep sense of obligation. The celebrated poet and playwright is preparing to deliver a three-part lecture series at the University of Chicago during a ...
The Brown Daily Herald

Rankine explores imagination, race

Acclaimed poet, essayist and scholar Claudia Rankine conveyed the multi-faceted cultural conception of race — equal parts abstract and material — during an Oct. 2 lecture at the University. “The ask I ...