Gerónimo Sarmiento Cruz is a scholar, translator, and poet born in Mexico City and residing in Lexington, KY, on the occupied lands of the Shawnee, Cherokee, Chickasaw, and Osage people. His first book of poetry, whalefall, is forthcoming from Rescue Press in 2026. Other creative writing and translations can be found in Fence, Chicago Review, and Action, Spectacle.