{"title":"José Olivarez","description":"José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants. He is a co-host of the podcast, The Poetry Gods. A winner of fellowships from Poets House, The Bronx Council On The Arts, The Poetry Foundation, and The Conversation Literary Festival, his work has been published in The BreakBeat Poets and elsewhere. He is the Marketing Manager at Young Chicago Authors.","products":[{"product_id":"citizen-illegal-paperback","title":"Citizen Illegal - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCitizen Illegal\u003c\/em\u003e is right on time, bringing both empathy and searing critique to the fore as a nation debates the very humanity of the people who built it.\" --Eve Ewing, author of \u003cem\u003eElectric Arches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn this stunning debut, poet José Olivarez explores the stories, contradictions, joys, and sorrows that embody life in the spaces between Mexico and America. He paints vivid portraits of good kids, bad kids, families clinging to hope, life after the steel mills, gentrifying barrios, and everything in between. Drawing on the rich traditions of Latinx and Chicago writers like Sandra Cisneros and Gwendolyn Brooks, Olivarez creates a home out of life in the in-between. Combining wry humor with potent emotional force, Olivarez takes on complex issues of race, ethnicity, gender, class, and immigration using an everyday language that invites the reader in. Olivarez has a unique voice that makes him a poet to watch.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosé Olivarez \u003c\/strong\u003eis the son of Mexican immigrants. He is a co-host of the podcast, The Poetry Gods. A winner of fellowships from Poets House, The Bronx Council On The Arts, The Poetry Foundation, and The Conversation Literary Festival, his work has been published in \u003cem\u003eThe BreakBeat Poets \u003c\/em\u003eand elsewhere. He is the Marketing Manager at Young Chicago Authors.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51367559135455,"sku":"9781608469543","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/IziqvkJJlj9781608469543.webp?v=1789109814"},{"product_id":"promises-of-gold-hardcover","title":"Promises of Gold - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed one of NPR's Books We Love\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"How many bad lovers have gotten \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003epoems? How many crushes? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNo disrespect to romantic love--\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ebut what about our friends ? \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eThose homies who are there \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eall along--cheering for us and \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ereminding us that love is abundant.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this groundbreaking collection of poems, José Olivarez explores every kind of love--self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural. Grappling with the contradictions of the American Dream with unflinching humanity, he lays bare the ways in which \"love is complicated by forces larger than our hearts.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether readers enter this collection in English or via the Spanish translation by poet David Ruano González, these extraordinary poems are sure to become beloved for their illuminations of life--and love. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\" Cuántas malas parejas han inspirado poemas?  Cuántos crush es? Sin faltarle el respeto al amor romántico--pero  qué hay de los amigos? Esos compas que están ahí todo el tiempo--animándonos y recordándonos que elamor es abundante\".\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEn esta innovadora colección de poemas, José Olivarez explora cada tipo de amor--el propio, fraternal, romántico, familiar, cultural. Lidiando con las contradicciones del sueño americano, con una humanidad inquebrantable, deja al descubierto las maneras en que \"el amor se va complicando por fuerzas más grandes que nuestros corazones\". \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eYa sea que los lectores entren a esta colección en inglés o a partir de la traducción al español del poeta David Ruano González, estos extraordinarios poemas serán amados seguramente por sus iluminaciones sobre el amor y la vida.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51378499059935,"sku":"9781250878496","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/NLIEpZ8P189781250878496.webp?v=1789257912"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/jose-olivarez.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}