EDWARD VIDAURRE

Edward Vidaurre is an award-winning poet, editor, and publisher based in McAllen, Texas. He is the author of ten collections of poetry and a 2022 inductee to the Texas Institute of Letters. Vidaurre served as the 2018–2019 City of McAllen Poet Laureate and has been a finalist for the state Poet Laureate of Texas.

His work has appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Los Angeles Review of Books, The Texas Observer, and numerous literary journals and anthologies. His collection Jazzhouse received the 2020 Award of Merit from the Philosophical Society of Texas for Best Book of Poetry by a Texas Author, and Pandemia & Other Poems was a finalist for the Writers’ League of Texas Book Awards. He has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize five times.

Vidaurre is the publisher of FlowerSong Press and its imprint Juventud Press, where he has edited over 100 books of poetry and anthologies. His work as an editor and publisher has helped amplify diverse voices and shape contemporary literary conversations across Texas and beyond.

In addition to his writing and publishing work, Vidaurre has played an active role in the literary community. He has served as Director of Operations for the Rio Grande Valley International Poetry Festival, as a judge for the Houston Poetry Festival, and as editor of Cutthroat: A Journal of the Arts.

He lives in McAllen with his wife and daughter.