Born in Colchester, England and raised in New York City, Edmund Berrigan is a poet and musician. His books include Disarming Matter (Owl Press, 1999), Glad Stone Children (Farfalla, 2008), and More Gone (2019), a volume in the City Lights Spotlight Poetry Series. He also published a volume of memoirs, Can It! (Letter Machine Editions, 2013). He lives in Brooklyn, and performs music with the groups I Feel Tractor and Other Arc Ensemble.