![]() ![]() ![]() A repeated image of a static-filled television screen serves to separate the segments of the poem, signalling that Rankine is about to change the channel on us. It toggles between meditation and anger on a wide range of subjects, including death, cancer, depression (and anti-depressants), suicide, rape, 9/11, racism, history, politics, and literature, but the central trope is the ubiquitous television set. Paul: Graywolf, 2004) is a book-length prose poem filled with photographs and a few non-photographic images. Claudia Rankine’s Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric (St. ![]()
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