{"product_id":"citizen-claudia-rankine","title":"Claudia Rankine - Citizen","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE FORWARD PRIZE FOR BEST COLLECTION 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRY 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE PEN OPEN BOOK AWARD 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eWINNER OF THE\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eLOS ANGELES TIMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eBOOK PRIZE FOR POETRY 2015\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'Everywhere were flashes, a\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003esiren sounding and a stretched-out roar. Get on the ground. Get on the ground now. Then I just knew.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e'And you are not the guy and still you fit the description because there is only one guy who is always the guy fitting the description.'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this moving, critical and fiercely intelligent collection of prose poems, Claudia Rankine examines the experience of race and racism in Western society through sharp vignettes of everyday discrimination and prejudice, and longer meditations on the violence - whether linguistic or physical - which has impacted the lives of Serena Williams, Zinedine Zidane, Mark Duggan and others.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCitizen\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e weaves essays, images and poetry together to form a powerful testament to the individual and collective effects of racism in an ostensibly 'post-race' society.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dead Sea Records","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":52030881431864,"sku":"9780141981772","price":3.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0764\/5803\/3464\/files\/9780141981772.jpg?v=1775168133","url":"https:\/\/www.deadsearecords.co.uk\/products\/citizen-claudia-rankine","provider":"Dead Sea Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}