Rosemary Catacalos

[2][3] Catacalos was born in St Petersburg, Florida, during World War II to parents from San Antonio, Texas.

Catacalos was of Greek and Mexican heritage, and was known for blending the history, folklore and mythologies of those cultures into her carefully crafted poems, which often feature closely observed San Antonio settings.

She was a visiting scholar at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Stanford until she returned to San Antonio in 2003 to become the executive director of Gemini Ink, a literary arts center.

[5] According to literary critics, Catacalos' work was "informed by mythology in ways that seem at odds with standard poetic practice today.

These influences operate not as inert showpieces, but as live observations on the nature of time and mortality, emphasizing the spiritual ecstasy inherent in ordinary experience.