Edwin Torres is a poet, performer, sound/text artist, educator, and editor. Previous books include The Animal's Perception of Earth (DoubleCross Press), XOETEOX: THE INFINITE WORD OBJECT (Wave Books, 2018), Ameriscopia (University of Arizona Press), Onamalingua: noise songs and poetry (Rattapallax e-book), and THE BODY IN LANGUAGE: AN ANTHOLOGY (Counterpath Press-editor, 2019). He grew up in New York City.