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# fahima ife
- URL: https://atelier.qxavier.com/living-inspirations/inspiration-fahima-ife/
- Published: 2026-10-06T11:47:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-06T11:47:00.000Z
- Description: associate professor of aesthetics & poetics • university of california, santa cruz
- Author: quincéy xavier
- Tags: living inspirations, #Import 2026-10-16 06:39

*associate professor of aesthetics & poetics • university of california, santa cruz*

a poet, professor, and editor, author of *maroon choreography* and *septet for the luminous ones*, teaching courses on poetry, music, performance, and black and indigenous feminisms. fahima ife is associate professor of aesthetics & poetics at the university of california, santa cruz.

bio from [uc santa cruz, critical race and ethnic studies](https://cres.ucsc.edu/directory/fife/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com)

### read

- [BAR Book Forum: fahima ife's "Maroon Choreography"](https://www.blackagendareport.com/index.php/bar-book-forum-fahima-ifes-maroon-choreography?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — black agenda report, 2022
- [Review of Maroon Choreography by fahima ife](https://csalateral.org/reviews/maroon-choreography-ife-lucken-iv/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — lateral, 2024
- [Septet for the Luminous Ones](https://www.poetryfoundation.org/books/reviews/161920/septet-for-the-luminous-ones?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — poetry foundation, 2024
- [Brian Teare Introduces fahima ife](https://kenyonreview.org/piece/brian-teare-introduces-fahima-ife/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the kenyon review, 2023
- [fahima ife Workshop](https://centerforethicsandwriting.org/2023/04/24/fahima-ife-workshop/?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — center for ethics and writing, 2023

### watch

- [Maroon Choreography: A poetry reading by fahima ife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJHNQ1KGGg&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — duke university press, 2021
- [Rubber Flower Poetry Hour: Andy Young & fahima ife](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7V%5Fs3NXQrho&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — litwire new orleans
- [Stefano Harney and Fred Moten: "Felicity Street" (on tom dent, fahima ife, and new orleans)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bswqI-SG4DU&ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the lab, san francisco, 2022

### hear

- [fahima ife](https://gracecavalieri.com/poetLaureates/featuredpoet%5Ffahimaife.html?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — the poet and the poem, with grace cavalieri, 2024
- [our general banality](https://poets.org/poem/our-general-banality?ref=atelier.qxavier.com) — poem-a-day, academy of american poets, 2022