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Samantha Pinto

Samantha Pinto is the author of Difficult Diasporas (NYU Press, 2013) and Infamous Bodies (Duke University Press, forthcoming). She is also associate professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. icon

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Public Thinker: Marcia Chatelain on Feminism, Fast Food, and First Gens

By Samantha Pinto

“Being in community with people and teaching and learning outside of the confines of our classroom: I still actually really believe in that.”

Black Poetry after Beyoncé

By Samantha Pinto

How do black feminist artists negotiate their own work in the wake of commercial success beyond contemporary poetry’s wildest dreams?

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