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Fred Moten’s Radical Critique of the Present | The New Yorker

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The philosopher, essayist, and poet examines everyday life with an endlessly curious and exacting mind.

Save this story Save this story The philosopher, essayist, and poet Fred Moten. Photograph by Kari Orvik When I met the poet, critic, and theorist Fred Moten for lunch near Washington Square Park recently, he ordered a hamburger, and asked the waiter to hold the aioli. When the food arrived, it was clear that his request had not been followed. After a brief, disappointed examination of the bun, Moten, who recently became a professor at N.Y.U. after a few years at the University of California, Riverside, found an idea. “I think mayonnaise—actually, sorry, this is stupid, this is crazy,” he said

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