Ibis Gómez-Vega was born in the back of a taxi cab in Havana, Cuba. Once, she met Gertrude Stein in a carnival in Oklahoma. Another time she had dinner with Tee Corinne in Baba Yega’s in Montrose. She often wonders about the connection between the accident of her birth and her own human relevance on this sad planet. Along with her novel Send My Roots Rain (Aunt Lute Books, 1991) she has published many short stories in various journals such as Voces: the Journal of Chicana/Latina Studies. Ibis received her Ph.D. from the University of Houston and has taught in various colleges in the Houston area. She currently teaches English at Northern Illinois University.