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.