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The End of the Alphabet

The End of the Alphabet

With a new introduction by Calvin Bedient 

Claudia Rankine's second poetry collection, The End of the Alphabet, is an inquiry into despair and recovery, selfhood and alienation. Centered on a heroine named Jane, these poems--obsessive, intrepid, erotic--speak in the aftermath of a life-altering tragedy, attempting to make peace with loss and find redemption through mourning. Rankine writes with unflinching attention to exterior detail and emotional nuance, as well as with linguistic and formal innovation, crafting an extraordinarily powerful, utterly unique portrait of sorrow and strength.

Author: Claudia Rankine
Publisher: Grove Press
Published: 07/14/2015
Pages: 128
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.47lbs
Size: 8.22h x 5.57w x 0.23d
ISBN: 9780802124470

About the Author
CLAUDIA RANKINE is the author of five books of poetry, including Citizen: An American Lyric, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the National Book Award. She is a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and teaches at Yale University as the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry. She lives in New Haven, Connecticut.

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