All That Beauty - by Fred Moten (Paperback)

About the Book

A pathbreaking new volume of poems from Fred Moten, ALL THAT BEAUTY combine's Moten's penchant for lyrical prosody, radical thought, and African American theory to produce writing unlike any other poetry in the world: "What is it to reside without settling? Is that is or is that ain't like being stuck in sweetness, held in life?"

Book Synopsis

A new book of poetry by Fred Moten called all that beauty was released on October 15, 2019. An SPD Best-Seller for 13 months running-including 3 months at the #1 spot-all that beauty was named a top Poetry Book of the Year by the New York Times in 2019.

About the Author

Fred Moten works at the intersection of black studies, performance studies, poetry, and critical theory. He is the author of Arkansas (Pressed Wafer Press, 2000), In the Break: The Aesthetics of the Black Radical Tradition (University of Minnesota Press, 2003), I ran from it but was still in it. (Cusp Press, 2007), Hughson's Tavern (Leon Works, 2008), B Jenkins (Duke University Press, 2010), The Feel Trio (Letter Machine 2014), The Little Edges (Wesleyan University Press 2015), with Stefano Harney, The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study (Autonomedia, 2013), and The Service Porch (Letter Machine Editions 2016).