Curtis Bauer is an American writer and translator. He is the author of three poetry collections, most recently American Selfie. He has translated poetry and prose from Spanish for Fabio Morábito, Luis Muñoz, Juan Antonio González Iglesias, and Jeannette L. Clariond, including Image of Absence, which received the 2020 International Latino Book Award for the Best Nonfiction Book Translation from Spanish to English. Bauer is the publisher and editor of Q Avenue Press Chapbooks and translations editor for The Common. He teaches comparative literature and creative writing at Texas Tech University in Lubbock.