Mónica de la Torre

Mónica de la Torre is the author of Talk Shows (Switchback Books, 2007) and Public Domain (Segue Foundation, 2008). She is the co-author of the book Appendices, Illustrations & Notes (Smart Art Press) with artist Terence Gower, and co-editor, with Michael Wiegers, of Reversible Monuments: Contemporary Mexican Poetry (Copper Canyon Press). She edited and translated the volume Poems by Gerardo Deniz, published by Lost Roads and Taller Ditoria, and has translated numerous other Spanish-language poets. Born and raised in Mexico City, she moved to New York in 1993. She has been the poetry editor of The Brooklyn Rail since 2001 and is pursuing a PhD in Spanish Literature at Columbia University.

Sample Poems: Demolition Derby | Driven By A Strange Desire | Migrating Birds