Robert Torres has been performing poetry since 2009. He started the Words Reading Series in San Antonio before moving to Denton, where he ran the Punk Poet Society until 2014. He now runs the Pegasus Reading Series in Dallas with Sebastian Paramo. He previously hosted the Free Word webcast with Erica GDLR  a.k.a. Edyka Chilome. He studied creative writing and theatre performance at the University of North Texas, graduating in 2013, the same year he published his chapbook, The Year of the Slut.

This segment was recorded at the Margo Jones Theatre, Dallas, Texas, May 18, 2015.