Born in Kingston, Jamaica, Rankine was educated at Catholic all-girls schools before coming to the US to study at Williams College and then at Columbia University. Rankine is an internationally recognized poet and scholar. She co-edits the anthology series American Women Poets in the 21st Century: Where Lyric Meets Language, as well as The Racial Imaginary: Writers on Race in the Life of the Mind. Rankine's own work has appeared in many journals, including Harper's, GRANTA, the Kenyon Review, and the Lana Turner Journal. She is currently the Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University and a MacArthur “Genius” Grant recipient.
In 2004, Rankine published Don't Let Me Be Lonely:...
