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Poet Claudia Rankine on power and democracy
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Length:
48 minutes
Released:
Nov 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
There are times in life when you need to be able to live in the vision, where you are making a leap of faith into something unknowable.
Claudia Rankine is a professor of the Creative Writing Program at New York University, a recipient of fellowships from the MacArthur, Guggenheim, and National Endowment of the Arts, and one of the most celebrated writers of our time.
In this episode, Rankine talks about who holds the power in our democracy and what it means to earn a mother’s understanding of your work. She also reveals her superpower and the advice she would offer everyone who looks for fresh inspiration.
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Released:
Nov 22, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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