Claudia Rankine - September 16, 2016

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UA Honors College, UA Poetry Center

Reading Series
Location
Environment and Natural Resources 2 Building
Claudia Rankine

Claudia Rankine reads from and discusses Citizen (2014). This reading incorporates artwork included in Citizen as well as other visual materials, including additional works by artists featured in Citizen and the video essay "Situation 8" by Claudia Rankine and John Lucas. 

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Welcome
Description

By Laura Berry. Original recording displays some sound distortion.

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Introduction
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By Tyler Meier. Original recording displays some sound distortion.

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On David Hammons' "In the Hood" and other works
Description

Image of "In the Hood" appears on the cover of Citizen. David Hammons, 1993. 

Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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"When you are alone..."
Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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On Michael David Murphy's "Jim Crow Rd."
Description

Image appears in Citizen. Michael David Murphy, 2008.

Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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On Section I of "Citizen"
Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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"You are in the dark..."
Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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"You and your partner go to see the film..."
Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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"The new therapist specializes in trauma counseling..."
Description

Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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On Kate Clark's "Little Girl"
Description

Image on left appears in Citizen. Kate Clark, 2008.

Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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On an unidentified film clip, Google, and artwork by Kate Clark
Description

Audio in unidentified film clip is not synced with video. 

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On the YouTube series "Art Thoughtz"; excerpt from Section II of "Citizen"
Description

Excerpt begins: "What does a victorious or defeated black woman's body..." Differs slightly from published version.

Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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On Nick Cave's "Soundsuits"
Description

First image on left appears in Citizen. Nick Cave, n. d. 

Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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"Situation 8"
Description

A video essay incorporating cell phone and police dashboard cam videos of interactions between African Americans and U.S. police. 

Citation

Situation 8. Video essay by John Lucas and Claudia Rankine. 2016. Web. Accessed 3 Oct. 2016.

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"February 26, 2012 / In Memory of Trayvon Martin"
Description

Script for Situation video created in collaboration with John Lucas. 

Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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On "Public Lynching"
Description

Altered image on left appears in Citizen.

Original image: Hulton Archives, August 30, 1930. Altered image by John Lucas, n. d. 

Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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"I can hear the even breathing..."
Citation

Rankine, Claudia. Citizen: An American Lyric. Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014.

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