"She'd heard that once and was trying to stamp the phrase on her mind."
— Rankine, Claudia (b. 1963)
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Place of Publication
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Date
2014
Metaphor
"She'd heard that once and was trying to stamp the phrase on her mind."
Metaphor in Context
Faith, not fear, she said. She'd heard that once and was trying to stamp the phrase on her mind. At the time, she couldn't speak it aloud. He wouldn't tolerate it. He was angry. Where were they? Where was anyone? This is a goddamn emergency, he said.
(p. 83)
(p. 83)
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Citation
Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014).
Date of Entry
10/28/2015
