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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Mike Bedigan

Claudia Rankine: Learning about my conception gave me compassion for my mother

Claudia Rankine has opened up about learning that she was conceived as a “product of rape” and how it changed her feelings about her mother.

The award-winning US poet said that the discovery, which was made before she got married, gave her “more compassion” for her mother.

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