Edwin Torres (poet)
Edwin Torres | |
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Born | 1958 (age 65–66) |
Occupation | Poet |
Literary movement | " Nuyorican " |
Notable awards | Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists Award, 1995, Fellowships from the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, the New York State Foundation for the Arts, and the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council |
Edwin Torres (born 1958) is a Nuyorican performance poet. His work incorporates vocal and physical improvisation.[1] He is the author of Ameriscopia, One Night: Poems for the Sleepy, Yes Thing No Thing, and several other poetic books. He also has produced recordings titled Oceano Rise, Novo, and Holy Kid.[2] He is a member of the L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E school.[2]
Early years
Torres's parents moved from Puerto Rico and settled in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. His father died when he was young and he was then raised by his mother and her brother Martin. He received his primary and secondary education in New York.
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
In 1989 Torres began working as a
Torres has represented New York in the 1992 National Poetry Slam, celebrated in Boston, and he has won the Nuyorican Poets Cafe First Annual Prize for Poetry with his poem "Po-Mo Griot".
He has also appeared on
Other performances
Besides performing at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe, Torres has performed at the
Written works
Torres' poems include:
- "15 Minutes";
- "Gigabyte Me - How Much Ram In Your Summer Of Love?";
- "Lessering In Lessage";
- "Lounging In The Age Of Aquarius";
- "Mirror-Fucation";
- "Mister Hay's Trippy Moebius";
- "Peesacho";[7]
- "Terra Quad"[8]
Torres' books include: * Ameriscopia
- One Night: Poems for the Sleepy
- Yes Thing No Thing
- In the Function of External Circumstances
- The PoPedology of an Ambient Language
- Please
- Onomalingua: noise songs and poetry
- The All-Union Day of the Shock Worker
- Fractured Humorous
- Lung Poetry (chapbook)
- I Hear Things People Haven't Really Said (chapbook)
- SandHomméNomadNo (chapbook)
See also
References
- ^ NYS Writers Institute. "Puerto Rican Diaspora: Edwin Torres, Giannina Braschi, Lawrence La Fountain-Stokes". www.albany.edu.
- ^ a b "Edwin Torres". Poetry Foundation. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
- ISBN 1-933368-82-9.
- ISBN 0-8050-3257-6.
- ISBN 1-892494-53-1.
- ISBN 978-0-312-26335-5.
- ^ "Edwin Torres". PennSound. Univ. Pennsylvania CPCW.
- ^ John Sims (Oct 8, 2011). Rhythm of Structure Catalogue - A John Sims Project. Selby Gallery, Ringling College of Art and Design. p. 7. Retrieved 20 May 2018.