Who is Claudia Rankine from the nonfiction book, Just Us: An American Conversation?

Claudia Rankine is the author of several collections of poetry. Prior to Just Us, she released Citizen: An American Lyric in 2014. Both of these books are genre hybrids that blend poetry, essay, memoir, and visual elements to consider themes related to racism in the United States. Citizen was the recipient of numerous awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Award. Rankine teaches at Yale University.