Anthologies#
| Title |
Published |
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| The New Young American Poets |
2000 |
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| American Poets in the 21st Century: The New Poetics |
2007 |
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| Against Expression |
2010 |
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| Eleven More American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Poetics Across North America |
2012 |
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| The FunkWag from A to Z |
2014 |
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| The Racial Imaginary |
2014 |
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| What I Say |
2015 |
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| The Forward Book of Poetry 2016 |
2015 |
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| The Manifesto Project |
2017 |
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| Nick Cave: Until |
2017 |
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| The Image of Whiteness: Contemporary Photography and Racialization |
2019 |
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| Bodies Built for Game |
2019 |
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| Dawoud Bey: Two American Projects |
2020 |
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| Conceptualisms |
2022 |
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| On Whiteness: The Racial Imaginary Institute |
2022 |
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Non-Fiction#
| Title |
Published |
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| Just Us |
2020 |
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Plays#
| Title |
Published |
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| The White Card: A Play |
2018 |
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Poetry Collections#
| Title |
Published |
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| Nothing in Nature Is Private |
1994 |
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| The End of the Alphabet |
1998 |
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| Plot |
2001 |
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| Don’t Let Me Be Lonely: An American Lyric |
2004 |
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| Citizen: An American Lyric |
2014 |
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Short Stories/Novellas#
| Title |
Published |
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| Triage |
2026 |
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Claudia Rankine writes across poetry, non-fiction, plays, and short stories, with 23 books published between 1994 and 2026. Her Poetry Collections form the core of her original work, starting with Nothing in Nature Is Private in 1994 and including the widely read Citizen: An American Lyric from 2014. The earlier collection Don’t Let Me Be Lonely, also subtitled “An American Lyric,” came out in 2004 and pairs with Citizen as part of an ongoing project.
Rankine has also edited or contributed to a large number of anthologies, with fifteen listed here, spanning from The New Young American Poets in 2000 to On Whiteness: The Racial Imaginary Institute in 2022. Topics in these anthologies range from poetics and photography to race and conceptual art. Beyond anthologies, she wrote the play The White Card in 2018, the non-fiction book Just Us in 2020, and the short fiction title Triage, due in 2026. Her work consistently crosses genre boundaries, moving between poetry, prose, and criticism.
Frequently Asked Questions
How many books has Claudia Rankine written?
Claudia Rankine has written 23 books across five series.
What was Claudia Rankine's first book?
Claudia Rankine’s first book is Nothing in Nature Is Private, published in 1994.
What genres does Claudia Rankine write in?
Claudia Rankine writes non-fiction, novellas, poetry, and short stories.