Citizen illegal, poems, José Olivarez
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Citizen illegal, poems, José Olivarez
Language
eng
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non fiction
Main title
Citizen illegal
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electronic resource
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dictionaries
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José Olivarez
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BreakBeat poets series
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poems
Summary
In this "devastating debut" (Publishers Weekly), 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, with a unique voice that makes him a poet to watch
Target audience
adult
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