Artists Space

Antoinette Cooper is a writer and TEDx speaker whose work explores the intersections of race, gender, health, and ancestral healing. Her debut book, UNRULY, weaves poetry, memoir, and documentary evidence into embodied storytelling. Cooper holds an MFA from Columbia University and founded Black Exhale, a nonprofit addressing collective intergenerational trauma.

Edwin Torres’ recent poetry collections include Quanundrum: i will be your many angled thing which won the American Book Award and Xoeteox: the infinite word object. He edited the collection The Body In Language: An Anthology. Fellowships include NYSCA, Foundation for Contemporary Arts, DIA, and Arts Mid-Hudson.