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fred moten

professor of performance studies + comparative literature
new york university

a poet and theorist of black study and performance, working across music, visual culture, and literature, often in collaboration. he teaches performance studies and comparative literature at new york university, and was named a macarthur fellow in 2020.

fromnew york university, tisch school of the arts

hortense spillers
hortense-spillers
professor emerita of english
vanderbilt university
a portrait of hortense spillers.
m. nourbeSe philip
m-nourbese-philip
poet, writing full time in toronto
most recently writer-in-residence, university of virginia
a portrait of m. nourbeSe philip.
will alexander
will-alexander
poet-in-residence
beyond baroque literary arts center, venice, california
a portrait of will alexander.
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
a portrait of josé esteban muñoz.
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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
a portrait of evie shockley.
morgan parker
morgan-parker
assistant professor of english literature
swarthmore college
a portrait of morgan parker.
n.k. jemisin
n-k-jemisin
novelist, writing full time in brooklyn
an on-demand class at masterclass
a portrait of n.k. jemisin.
© 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/n-k-jemisin
sylvia wynter
sylvia-wynter
professor emerita
stanford university
a portrait of sylvia wynter.
joy james
joy-james
ebenezer fitch professor of humanities
williams college
a portrait of joy james.
fahima ife
fahima-ife
associate professor of aesthetics & poetics
university of california, santa cruz
a portrait of fahima ife.
r.a. judy
r-a-judy
professor of critical and cultural studies
university of pittsburgh
a portrait of r.a. judy.
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