Edwin Torres

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LECTURE & LISTENING SESSION: Steve McCaffery, Edwin Torres, Marc Matter & Swantje Liechtenstein

Wendy’s Subway: 722 Metropolitan Ave., 2nd Fl., Brooklyn 11211

Steve McCaffery, of the legendary Four Horsemen, plays, performs and discusses various 20th century sound texts. Torres explores sound as a landing point for a territorial poetry to begin. Matter and Liechtenstein focus on pre-conceptual poetry in relation to historical text-sound-works, poésie sonore and Hörspiel.

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International Festival of Text-Sound Poetry

Ongoing Series

A four-evening series of lectures, listening sessions, and performances explores contemporary practices and historical approaches relating to text-sound poetry, a genre of spoken word poetry emphasizing the sound of speech over textual meanings, often combined with use of new media.

January Archives

From the archives, with Edwin Torres, Sean Meehan, Cornelius Dufallo, Alan Licht, Ron Anderson, Anthony Coleman, Gary Lucas, Marco Cappelli, Gregory Tardy and more.

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Poets Dinner

The Silo

ISSUE Project Room inaugurates our 2005-2006 literary season with "New Language" -- a series of multidisciplinary events that include readings, multi-media performances, small press bookfairs, literary exhibitions and more.

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