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New faculty/ Claudia Rankine
First Lee Professor Appointed
Noted poet Claudia Rankine, appointed as the first holder of the Henry
G. Lee ’37 Professorship of English, says she doesn’t know much about
Lee, but what she says about the written word rings true for Lee’s
memoirs and verse.
 “Literary works can change the way we think,” says Rankine. “The
lyric—the poem—is deep feelings about personal issues” that “break down
the barriers between issues in the world.”
Born in Jamaica, Rankine received her bachelor’s degree in literature
from Williams College and her master’s degree in poetry from Columbia
University. She has taught creative writing and poetry for 12 years and
comes to Pomona from the University of Houston.
She has published four collections of poetry, including, most recently,
Don’t Let Me Be Lonely—an experimental project, blending poetry,
essays and images, of which poet Robert Creeley wrote: “Claudia Rankine
here manages an extraordinary melding of means to effect the most
articulate and moving testament to the bleak times we live in I’ve yet
seen. It’s master work in every sense, and altogether her own.”
Rankine’s work has been published in Boston Review, jubilat,
The Kenyon Review, TriQuarterly and many other journals.
She has also received numerous awards.
In her first year at Pomona, she will be teaching Poetry Movements Since
the 1950s; Advanced Creative Writing: Poetry; and Introductory Poetry. |
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