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hortense spillers
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professor emerita of english
vanderbilt university
m. nourbeSe philip
m-nourbese-philip
poet, writing full time in toronto
most recently writer-in-residence, university of virginia
will alexander
will-alexander
poet-in-residence
beyond baroque literary arts center, venice, california
fred moten
fred-moten
professor of performance studies + comparative literature
new york university
a portrait of fred moten.
© john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, used with permission • cc by 4.0 • cropped, and shown in black and white
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2020/fred-moten
josé esteban muñoz
jose-esteban-munoz
1967 to 2013 • professor of performance studies
new york university
saidiya hartman
saidiya-hartman
university professor
columbia university
a portrait of saidiya hartman.
© john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, used with permission • cc by 4.0 • cropped, and shown in black and white
https://www.macfound.org/fellows/class-of-2019/saidiya-hartman
evie shockley
evie-shockley
zora neale hurston distinguished professor of english
rutgers university
morgan parker
morgan-parker
assistant professor of english literature
swarthmore college
n.k. jemisin
n-k-jemisin
novelist, writing full time in brooklyn
an on-demand class at masterclass
a portrait of n.k. jemisin.
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sylvia wynter
sylvia-wynter
professor emerita
stanford university
joy james
joy-james
ebenezer fitch professor of humanities
williams college
fahima ife
fahima-ife
associate professor of aesthetics & poetics
university of california, santa cruz
r.a. judy
r-a-judy
professor of critical and cultural studies
university of pittsburgh
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