Poetry. Latino/Latina Studies. "PUBLIC DOMAIN is First Rate, worthy of Rerereading and Full-Tilt Gesamkunstwerke Treatment, and, rest assured, will never rest. Which is to say: the interplay of text/orality, theory/playfulness, concrete/lyric appearing in every form imaginable/heretofore unimagined, adds up to the most adventurous Conceptual Mystery Poem I have ever read/performed. I cannot imagine poetry without her"--Bob Holman. Monica de la Torre is author of the poetry books TALK SHOWS and Acufenos, published in 2006 in Mexico city, and co-editor of the anthology REVERSIBLE MONUMENTS: MEXICAN CONTEMPORARY POETRY. She is senior editor at BOMB Magazine and lives in Brooklyn.

Author Hometown: Brooklyn, NY USA



About the author: M¢nica de la Torre writes about art and culture for publications in Mexico and the U.S. and is the author of the poetry books Talk Shows and Ac£fenos. She is co-author of the artist book Appendices, Illustrations & Notes, available on Ubu.com, and co-editor of the anthology Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry with Michael Wiegers. She translated the books Poems by Gerardo Deniz and Mauve Sea-Orchids by Lila Zemborain. She is senior editor at BOMB Magazine and lives in Brooklyn.

Reviews:
http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/05/books/tokens_1
http://goetta.blogspot.com/2009/03/monica-de-la-torre-between-public.html