About the Author

J. L. TORRES is Professor of English at SUNY Plattsburgh, where he teaches both American literature, Latina/o Literatures, and Creative Writing. He has published poetry in numerous journals, and he is the author of THE FAMILY TERRORIST AND OTHER STORIES (2008), and the novel, THE ACCIDENTAL NATIVE (2013). Torres also serves as Editor of the Saranac Review; and along with Carmen Haydee Rivera, is co-editor of Writing Off the Hyphen: New Perspectives on the Literature of the Puerto Rican Diaspora. www.JLTorres.net/wp