Read about the life and works of Claudia Rankine, one of the greatest modern day writers. Check out the discussion she has spearheaded on race in America, through her work!
Writers have the ability to exert a global impact—words are permanent, and as such, very quickly become sources of education, inspiration, and contemplation.
Here’s a list of 11 writers who have ascertained a place in history as impactful on the field of American literature in both the past and the present as well as every period in between. Let’s get to it!
William Edward Burghardt “W.E.B.” DuBois once said, “A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again”. Although he may not be the first figure that comes to mind as a classic author who has contributed to the American literary canon, DuBois was not only a renowned scholar who generated waves in the movement for racial equality—he was also a prolific writer.
“Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders.”
Can literary works that address struggles of race, identity, and terror, provide a lens that is comparable to the current reality of readers?