Dr Christopher Law

Chris publishes in the fields of literary and critical theory, poetry and poetics, and black studies. His recent articles and essays have addressed aesthetic informality in the work of Fred Moten; the category of ‘bio-poetics’ in relation to contemporary lyric poetry; and the poetic dimensions of Walter Benjamin’s idea of criticism. His current research explores entanglements between history, poetry and possession in the work of Moten, Simone White, Samuel Delany and Harryette Mullen, among others.

As a critical and creative-critical writer, Chris has recently published in MAP magazine (on Maggie Nelson) and Counterflows on Paper (on Simone White), the publication accompanying the Glasgow-based experimental music festival. Forthcoming projects include a collaborative publication stemming from a British Academy-funded creative-critical residency at Cove Park (on Racialisation and Migration) and a project, with composer and sound artist Lucy Duncombe, on conversation as a therapeutic and interpretative act.