For the Experimentalist: Citizen: An American Lyric This is a book like no other. Claudia Rankine's Citizen is a meditation on race and a masterpiece in form and experimental language. Rankine's commanding and creative use of words and images brings up complicated questions around race in a way that only Rankine could. This is the kind of book your friend will read and reread, each time discovering something new. Image Source: amazon.com