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Interview at Copp Street, SF; recorded September 7, 1990.

Recordings courtesy of David Levi Strauss

  • complete recording (2:36:09): MP3

Reading at the Kelly Writers House, University of Pennsylvania, December 11, 1999

webcast - A video recording (in RealVideo format) of the December 11, 1999 reading, performance, and informal conversation led by Al Filreis with the poet and performance artist at the Kelly Writers House. (Click on the word "webcast" above for a video of the entire program. Or click on individual cuts below for audio-only mp3 files.)
  1. Of a Norse Feriunt, Of a Color Feriant (1:03): MP3
  2. Arrowhead for Good Times (1:46): MP3
  3. Stretching Out the Tuners in Fib Country (2:38): MP3
  4. May Cause Drowsiness (1:46): MP3
  5. Mr. Hayes (1:29): MP3
  6. Torresian Revelation (0:45): MP3
  7. Bio Rodent (2:35): MP3
  8. Orange Man in Blue Sky (2:48): MP3
  9. Besame Mucho (2:17): MP3
  10. Ge Saron (2:09): MP3
  11. Oars (0:56): MP3
  12. See-Saw Me (0:50): MP3
  13. Bone Boy (3:59): MP3
  14. Davishiditanotti (4:15): MP3
  15. Animal is Poem (5:37): MP3
  16. I.E. Seduce Her (3:51): MP3
Complete Reading (1:29:29): MP3

Impulsive Behavior at the Whitney Museum of American Art, April 8, 1999

An Evening with Poets Bruce Andrews, Edwin Torres, and Charles Bernstein

Super Fine Pitch (26:19): MP3

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Segue Series Readings at Double Happiness, NYC, February 19, 2000

  • Edwin Torres (incomplete) (44:45): MP3

English Department Reading Series, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2000

  • Introduction (0:46): MP3
  • Complete Reading (52:37): MP3

    • Reading at UC San Diego, 2001

    Complete Reading (36:29): MP3

    Segue Series Reading at the Bowery Poetry Club, March 15, 2003

    • Complete Reading (46:39): MP3

    From Rattapallax, 2003

    • Meditatio Lectoris with Rodrigo Toscano, MP3

    From Kenning, 2004

    • We Speak Saying Nothing (music and mix by Torres, using T.S. Eliot's voice) (2:04): MP3

      • Torres reads for Frequency Audio Journal, First Issue

      • Liberal Beste (4:23): MP3

      • Music by Crunchberry Smoke.
      • Performed by: Paul Opperman: guitar; Fred Stesney: bass; Edwin Torres: keyboard.
      • Mixed at Twist Studios, NYC.

        • Mills Contemporary Writing Series, Mills College, 2006

        1. Introduction (3:29): MP3
        2. Lunar Chord (6:16): MP3
        3. In the Speed of Slope (7:06): MP3
        4. Some Kind of Rip in What I See (3:01): MP3
        5. Dude Descending a Staircase (0:56): MP3
        6. Eat Flesh in America (3:36): MP3
        7. E Man's Proclamation (1:52): MP3
        8. In Line With What (0:52): MP3
        9. Some Notes on Princess Di (3:34): MP3
        10. A Postcard from Across the Utes (4:54): MP3
        11. I Wanted to Say Hello... But My Hair Was a Mess (3:50): MP3
        12. A Most Imperfect Start (6:48): MP3
        13. Motor Priest (8:15): MP3
        • Questions (16:04): MP3
        • Complete Reading (1:00:26): MP3

        Appearing on Cross Cultural Poetics, Episode #96: "Shock Worker", January 8, 2006

        • Complete Program (54:51): MP3

        Appearing on Cross Cultural Poetics, Episode #103: "Theories of Sound", March 5, 2006

        • Complete Program (29:10): MP3

        Appearing on Cross Cultural Poetics, Episode #172: "Tying/Untying", 2008

        • Complete Program (28:56): MP3

        From Wave Books' PoetryPolitic Blog, 2008

        • Open Season 01 (1:51): MP3
        • Open Season 02 (1:42): MP3
        • Open Season 03 (2:05): MP3

        Torres Reads "Os Sos Saros"

        • (date and location unknown)
        • Os Sos Saros (1:08): MP3

          • Edwin Torres on PennSound Daily

          These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the author. © 2010 Edwin Torres. Used with permission of Edwin Torres. Distributed by PennSound.