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In Fred Moten’s Music, Theory Is Put Into Practice

In Fred Moten’s Music, Theory Is Put Into Practice In Fred Moten’s Music, Theory Is Put Into Practice

In the poet’s recent musical projects, he has pushed the sonic potential of verse to its limits.

Books & the Arts / Nate Wooley

Mary Ellen Solt, 1980.

The Concrete Poetics of Mary Ellen Solt The Concrete Poetics of Mary Ellen Solt

Her writing toed the line between fine art and poetry, asking readers to think of language as a multidimensional tool of communication and politics.

Books & the Arts / Alyse Burnside

Ronald Johnson

Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism

Books & the Arts / February 26, 2025 Ronald Johnson’s American Romanticism An inheritor of a distinct tradition that stretched back to Coleridge and Emerson, Johnson’s natu…

Books & the Arts / David B. Hobbs

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