Rubén Merriwether Peña holds a doctorate in Latin American literature from Penn State University. His academic research focuses on Vicente Huidobro’s creacionismo and other Spanish American and Luso-Brazilian avant-garde movements of the early twentieth century. A laureate of the Instituto de Estudios Vallejianos, Peña’s creative work appears in the US in journals such as Linden Lane Magazine, Chasqui, La Marca Hispánica, and The Bitter Oleander.

David Rock has poems and translations appearing in The American Journal of Poetry, The Carolina Quarterly, The Laurel Review, The Chattahoochee Review, New American Writing, Image, and elsewhere. He teaches Spanish and international studies at Brigham Young University-Idaho in Rexburg.