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Hofstra University's Great Writers, Great Readings Series presents Claudia Rankine

at Hofstra University | Tue Oct 24

Location

Hofstra University

Guthart Cultural Center Theater, 1st Floor Axinn Library, South Campus
Hempstead, NY 11549
(Map)
Tel: 5164635669

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Date & Time

06:30 PM - 08:00 PM
Tue, Oct 24, 2017
Cost: Free Event
Description

Claudia Rankine, a recipient of the MacArthur “Genius” Award, is the author of five poetry collections, including Citizen: An American Lyric and Don’t Let Me Be Lonely; two plays; video collaborations; and several anthologies. Rankine won many awards for Citizen, including the PEN Open Book Award and the PEN Literary Award, the NAACP Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry; and she was a finalist for the National Book Award. Citizen holds the distinction of being the only poetry book to be a New York Times bestseller in the nonfiction category. She teaches at Yale University as the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry.

Tuesday, October 24, at 6:30 p.m.

Guthart Cultural Center Theater, Axinn Library, First Floor, South Campus