"The days of our childhood together were steep steps into a collapsing mind."
— Rankine, Claudia (b. 1963)
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Work Title
Place of Publication
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Date
2014
Metaphor
"The days of our childhood together were steep steps into a collapsing mind."
Metaphor in Context
The days of our childhood together were steep steps into a collapsing mind. It looked like we rescued ourselves, were rescued. Then there are these days, each day of our adult lives. They will never forget our way through, these brothers, each brother, my brother, dear brother, my dearest brothers, dear heat--
(p. 89)
(p. 89)
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Reading
Citation
Claudia Rankine, Citizen: An American Lyric (Minneapolis: Graywolf Press, 2014).
Date of Entry
10/28/2015
