Publishing poetry as Claire Millikin and scholarship as Claire Raymond, I frame an interdisciplinary approach to poetry and critical theory. Because writing poetry and writing scholarship are different acts, I identify my work in those different genres by using my middle name, Millikin, for poems and my last name, Raymond, for scholarship. As part of academia’s precariat, I taught for many years at the University of Virginia and have been a visiting research collaborator at Princeton University and faculty at Bates College. I teach now for the University of Maine system. My emphasis in research is cultural theory, Indigenous American history, and critical race theory. My scholarship reflects a feminist lens. While my poetry is often described as personal, I see my poetics as deeply political. I am the author of numerous books, including Mohawk Rebel: Shelley Niro’s Art and New York State (2025) exploring the brilliant work of Mohawk artist Shelley Niro; The Selfie, Temporality, and Contemporary Photography (2021); State Fair Animals (2018), and Dolls (2021). As a poet, I am a recipient of the Foreword Indie Award for Poetry, Lois Cranston Memorial Poetry Prize, and the Editor’s Choice Charles Simic Poetry Prize. My 2024 poetry book, Magicicada, from Unicorn Press contends with juvenile solitary confinement and is the recipient of the Foreword Indie Gold Award for Poetry as well as an Independent Press Award Distinguished Favorite. My forthcoming book Nightlight is a searing, multilayered reencounter with my Southern roots, interrogating the American southeast as a pivotal space in our contemporary national moment.