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Edwin Torres is a bilingual, New York-based poet who's a self-proclaimed "lingualisualist" whose work is "rooted in the languages of sight and sound.” He is the author of multiple books of poetry, including Ameriscopia (University of Arizona Press, 2014), One Night: Poems for the Sleepy (Red Glass Books, 2012), and Yes Thing No Thing (Roof Books, 2010), among others.
He is the recipient of poetry fellowships from the DIA Foundation, the Foundation for Contemporary Performance Art, the Kimmel Arts Center, and the New York Foundation of the Arts, among others, and has performed his poems worldwide.
Elizabeth Alexander was born in 1962 in Harlem, New York, and grew up in Washington, D.C. She...
Stanley Miller Williams was born in Hoxie, Arkansas, on April 8, 1930. Williams first attended...
The author of numerous collections of poetry, Adrienne Rich wrote poems examining such things as...
Richard Blanco is the Education Ambassador of the Academy of American Poets. In his role, he...
The 2010 winner of the National Book Award in poetry, Terrance Hayes is the author of five poetry...