The UC Berkeley Summer Reading List is an annual compilation of recommended (though not required) readings suggested by Cal faculty, staff, and students as a welcome to incoming freshmen and transfer students.
This week we take a closer look at
“Citizen: An American Lyric” Claudia Rankine, Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014
“In my opinion, Claudia Rankine’s Citizen: An American Lyric was the most important book of poetry published last year, and probably in the past several years; it is at once an accessible and complex and challenging engagement with contemporary racism.”
— EVAN KLAVON, PhD Candidate, Department of English
This post was contributed by
Michael Larkin Lecturer, College Writing Programs
Tim Dilworth First Year Coordinator, Library
Jonathan Garrett Site designer, Doe & Moffitt Libraries