Mónica GomeryMónica Gomery is a rabbi and poet, raised by her Venezuelan Jewish family in Boston and Caracas, and now living in Philadelphia. Her work explores queerness, diaspora, ancestry, theology, and cultivating courageous hearts. She is a graduate of the Crative Writing BFA program at Goddard College and received rabbinic ordination from Hebrew College. She is the author of the poetry collection Here is the Night and the Night on the Road (Cooper Dillon Books, 2018), and the chapbook Of Darkness and Tumbling (YesYes Books, 2017). She is the winner of the 2020 Minola Review Poetry Contest, judged by Doyali Islam, and has been a Pushcart Prize nominee, and a finalist in the Cutthroat Journal Joy Harjo Poetry Contest. Her writing has appeared in numerous journals and publications. Here is the Night and the Night on the Road is her first full-length book of poetry. She lives in Philadelphia, on unceded Lenni Lenape land, with her partner and her dog. Read More Read Less