Fred Moten | |
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 Moten in 2016 | |
| Born | August 18, 1962 |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA, PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | Professor, poet, scholar, cultural theorist |
| Employer | New York University |
| Known for | Poetry and essays on African-American culture, Black thought |
| Notable work | The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study, 2013, (coauthored with Stefano Harney); In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition, 2003; The Little Edges, 2014; The Feel Trio, 2014; B Jenkins, 2010; Hughson’s Tavern, 2008, Stolen Life, 2018, Black and Blur, 2018, The Universal Machine, 2018) |
Fred Moten (born 1962) is an American cultural theorist, poet, and scholar whose work explores critical theory, black studies, and performance studies. Moten is Professor of Performance Studies at New York University and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at University of California, Riverside; he previously taught at Duke University, and the University of Iowa. His scholarly texts include The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study which was co-authored with Stefano Harney, In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition, and The Universal Machine (Duke University Press, 2018).[1] He has published numerous poetry collections, including The Little Edges, The Feel Trio, B Jenkins, and Hughson's Tavern.[2] In 2020, Moten was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship for "[c]reating new conceptual spaces to accommodate emerging forms of Black aesthetics, cultural production, and social life."[3]
- ^ Moten, Fred (2018). The Universal Machine. Duke University Press. p. 305. ISBN 9780822370550.
- ^ Moten, Fred (7 November 2014). "Fred Moten". Fred Moten. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
- ^ "MacArthur Fellows Program: Fred Moten: Cultural Theorist and Poet / Class of 2020". MacArthur Foundation. Retrieved October 11, 2020.