Fred Moten

Terrance Hayes and the poetics of the un-thought.

Cyrée Jarelle Johnson knows how to find satisfaction on the page. The brilliant poet breaks down where satisfaction lives in his poems, where the confessional meets the surreal, how sexy...

Douglas Kearney is developing some new armor for his people. The visionary poet breaks down how he is exploring the limits and possibilities of poems as protection, how he loves...

For Renee Gladman, drawing and writing function as two sides of the same verbal art. 

Natalie Diaz joins Danez and Franny to talk the talk on love, language, and words creating worlds on episode 5 of VS.

Will Alexander on poetry, consciousness, and the energy of language.

Ross Gay joins VS with his boisterous laugh and brilliance on hand. The poet and professor breaks down the ways we’re all entangled, the elegant lessons mycelium can teach us...

Fred Moten's poem "the salve trade" swims in the waters of literary theory. Need a transcript of this episode? Request a transcript here.