Fred Moten Biography Fred Moten is an American cultural theorist, poet, and scholar whose work explores critical theory, Black studies, and performance studies. Micro-interview POEMS epistrophe and epistrophy covering Publications Douglas Kearney Douglas Kearney has published seven books, most recently Sho (2021), a National Book Award, Pen American, and Minnesota Book Award finalist. … Ada Limón California-born Ada Limón first fell in love with poetry when she read Elizabeth Bishop's "One Art" at the age of 15, and reading Sharon Olds’ The… Ilya Kaminsky Born in Ukraine (formerly the Soviet Union), Ilya Kaminsky lost most of his hearing as a child. In 1992, at age sixteen, his family moved to the…