An Evening of Poetry featuring Edwin Torres

Edwin Torres is a New York City native and resident of Beacon, NY. He is editor of The Body In Language: An Anthology (Counterpath Press), and the author of 15 poetry collections including; Quanundrum: i will be your many angled thing (from Roof Books, which was awarded a 2022 American Book Award), Xoeteox: the infinite word object (Wave Books) and Ameriscopia (University of Arizona Press). Poetry fellowships include; NYFA, The Foundation for Contemporary Arts, The DIA Foundation, Arts MidHudson, and a 2024 NYSCA Individual Artist Commission for a multi-disciplinary project incorporating climate change. His performances and collaborations with cultural nomads globally and locally have contributed to the development of his own bodylingo poetics. Anthologies include: The Difference Is Spreading: 50 Contemporary Poets on Fifty Poems, Poets In The 21st Century: Poetics of Social Engagement, and Aloud: Voices from The Nuyorican Poets Cafe. He is currently an adjunct poetry professor at Columbia University. No registration required.