Poetry. African American Studies. "Claudia Rankine is a fiercely gifted young poet. Intelligence, a curiosity and hunger for understanding like some worrying, interior, physical pain, a gift for being alert in the world. She knows when to bless and to curse, to wonder and to judge, and she doesn't flinch. NOTHING IN NATURE IS PRIVATE is an arrival. It's the kind of book that makes you hopeful for American poetry."--Robert Hass "I am excited by Claudia Rankine's poems, their elegance, their emotional force, their scrupulous ...
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Poetry. African American Studies. "Claudia Rankine is a fiercely gifted young poet. Intelligence, a curiosity and hunger for understanding like some worrying, interior, physical pain, a gift for being alert in the world. She knows when to bless and to curse, to wonder and to judge, and she doesn't flinch. NOTHING IN NATURE IS PRIVATE is an arrival. It's the kind of book that makes you hopeful for American poetry."--Robert Hass "I am excited by Claudia Rankine's poems, their elegance, their emotional force, their scrupulous intimation of multiple identities. Representing brilliantly the prismatic vision of a Jamaican, middle class, intellectual black woman living in America, they address the widest constituency of readers. This is a richly rewarding collection."--Mervyn Morris
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Add this copy of Nothing in Nature is Private to cart. $75.00, very good condition, Sold by Chaparral Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Portland, OR, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Cleveland State University Poetry Center.
Publisher:
Cleveland State University Poetry Center
Published:
05/1994
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
18150822410
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Very Good. Size: 8x5x0; Crisp, unmarked copy in VG+ condition. The binding is clean and tight with minor edge wear to wraps, a tiny chip to front panel. Rankine's first book of poetry. Cover art by Saxton Freymann. 8vo. 76pp.
Add this copy of Nothing in Nature is Private to cart. $148.19, good condition, Sold by Bonita rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Hialeah, FL, UNITED STATES, published 1994 by Cleveland State University Poe.
