Claudia Rankine: "An American Lyric"
| 7:00 PM - 5:00 AM
Northwestern University School of Law, Thorne Auditorium
375 East Chicago Avenue
Tickets to the 2015 Chicago Humanities Festival go on sale to CHF members on Tuesday, September 8 and to the general public on Monday, September 14. The full schedule of all programs is available at chicagohumanities.org/citizens.
375 East Chicago Avenue
Tickets to the 2015 Chicago Humanities Festival go on sale to CHF members on Tuesday, September 8 and to the general public on Monday, September 14. The full schedule of all programs is available at chicagohumanities.org/citizens.
Claudia Rankine’s Citizen (2014) is an indictment of contemporary times. Using a poetic frame, the poet uncovers an insidious racism embedded in the everyday – from the streets of Ferguson, Missouri, to the lecture halls of the ivory tower. An offhand comment or a helpful call from a neighbor can carry ominous weight, as Rankine’s observations move from bewilderment to disappointment to quiet ire. Citizen is a true revelation—it leaves readers unsettled, moved, and changed with every page.
Presented in partnership with the Chicago Humanities Festival, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Illinois Humanities, and the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
