The Austin Book Launch was an incredible experience and a huge success! Malvern Books has created a wonderful literary space where writers and readers can connect with one another. Rubén was joined by poets and writers Gerard Robledo, ire’ne lara silva, and Natalia Sylvester.

Rubén Degollado is from the Río Grande Valley. His work has been published in Beloit Fiction Journal, Gulf Coast, Hayden's Ferry Review, Image, Relief, and the anthologies Juventud, Fantasmas and Bearing the Mystery. He has been a finalist in American Short Fiction's annual contest, Glimmer Train's Family Matters Contest, and Bellingham Review's Tobias Wolff Award.