CSPAN2 Claudia Rankine Just Us-An American Conversation July 12, 2024
Like ours that witnessed the Police Killing of george floyd. The book is challenging and introspective. Its outraged and quiet and devastating. Early in the book ms. Rankin writes i was always aware that my value in our cultures eyes is determined by my skin color first and foremost. Claudia rankin is a poet, and essayist and playwright. She is a professor of poetry at yale, the new book is titled just us, an american conversation. And we find ms. Rankin at her home in connecticut. I really miss talking to you in person in front of a live audience. Im glad we could make this work. But i just h...