Fred Moten
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). He has published numerous poetry collections, including ''The Little Edges'', ''The Feel Trio'', ''B Jenkins'', and ''Hughson's Tavern''. 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."
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