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Genius poet: Fred Moten has built a reputation as one of the greatest living poets, as evidenced by his numerous accolades including a MacArthur Genius Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, the Truman Capote Award, and his book The Feel Trio was shortlisted for the NBA. This book will be submitted to many major awards in 2023.Many different hats: Moten is a poet, critic, and professor at NYU, teaching black studies, performance studies, poetics and critical theory. He also serves on the editorial boards of Callaloo, Discourse, American Quarterly and Social Text; as a member of the Critical Theory Institute at the University of California, Irvine; on the board of directors of the Center for Lesbian and Gay Studies, City University of New York; and on the advisory board of Issues in Critical Investigation, Vanderbilt University. He is very well-connected in many different circles and as such, this book will attract interdisciplinary audiences.Established critic: Moten has written numerous critical works, most notably The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study (coauthored with Stefano Harney) and a triptych of critical writing from Duke University Press: Black and Blur, Stolen Life, and The Universal Machine. Often, those interested in his scholarly work are also interested in his poetry. He was a recent Bagley Wright Lecturer with Stefano Harney and toured in the Bay Area in 2022, widening his already large audience.