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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