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Poet Claudia Rankine and author Gene Luen Yang among MacArthur fellows

Written By Unknown on Thursday, September 22, 2016 | 9:20 AM

Author of Citizen: An American Lyric book of poetry about racism and American Born Chinese writer awarded ‘genius’ grants along with 23 others

Gene Luen Yang, a prize-winning author and the national ambassador for young people’s literature, and Claudia Rankine, one of poetry’s brightest and most innovative stars, are among this year’s 23 MacArthur fellows and recipients of the so-called “genius” grants.

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