Rodney Gomez is the author of Citizens of the Mausoleum, a finalist for the John A. Robertson Award from the Texas Institute of Letters; Ceremony of Sand; and the forthcoming Arsenal with Praise Song, a finalist for the Orison Prize and the Dorset Prize. He is a member of the Macondo Writers’ Workshop and works at the University of Texas–Rio Grande Valley. He is the poet laureate of McAllen, Texas.
