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José Olivarez is the author of Promises of Gold & Citizen Illegal.
against citizenship: three poems x José Olivarez - Sixty Inches From Center
against citizenship: three poems x José Olivarez - Sixty Inches From Center
"i can hear your voices: when did josé get so cyclical?"
2025 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards
2025 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards
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Register – Brooklyn Poets Reading Series – Brooklyn Poets
Register – Brooklyn Poets Reading Series – Brooklyn Poets
Brooklyn Poets Reading Series – Brooklyn Poets, Fri Nov 7, 2025 - Join us for the Brooklyn Poets Reading Series at 144 Montague on Friday, November 7, featuring poets Jasmine Reid, Keetje Kuipers & José Olivarez! Free and open to the public, the event will also be livestreamed via Zoom. Doors will open at 6 PM and readings will begin at 7. Book signing t...
Chicago Newsroom 2.0 - Let Them Eat Cake
Chicago Newsroom 2.0 - Let Them Eat Cake
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A Poem for Our Times
A Poem for Our Times
A poet reacts to the immigration crackdown in his hometown the way he knows best: through verse.
Chicago Library honors Percival Everett, Mary Dempsey
Chicago Library honors Percival Everett, Mary Dempsey
The 2025 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards are honoring author Percival Everett, poet José Olivarez and Mary Dempsey, former commissioner of the Chicago Public Library.
Office Hours with José Olivarez | Substack
Office Hours with José Olivarez | Substack
Office Hours is a literary home hosted by award-winning poet, José Olivarez-- featuring weekly ruminations about a piece of writing or culture and live office hours on zoom every other week. Click to read Office Hours with José Olivarez, a Substack publication with hundreds of subscribers.
Contact — José Olivarez
Contact — José Olivarez
2025 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards
2025 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards
Percival Everett, Jose Olivarez, and Mary Dempsey celebrate public libraries at the 2025 Chicago Public Library Foundation Awards
UI Press | Edited by Andy Oler Foreword by José Olivarez | Lingering InlandUI Press | University of Illinois
UI Press | Edited by Andy Oler Foreword by José Olivarez | Lingering InlandUI Press | University of Illinois
Donate Now | Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
Donate Now | Midwest Immigration Bond Fund
The MIBF is a revolving fund that posts monetary bond for individuals held in the custody of Immigration & Customs Enforcement (“ICE”) with ties to Illinois, India...
Read Like A Poet Vol. 1
Read Like A Poet Vol. 1
Featuring Jack Gilbert's The Forgotten Dialect of The Heart
José Olivarez
José Olivarez
Rapturously Audacious: Remembering Aziza Barnes
Rapturously Audacious: Remembering Aziza Barnes
Poems, readings, poetry news and the entire 110-year archive of POETRY magazine.
Mejores libros 2023: recomendaciones de autores latinos y latinas
Mejores libros 2023: recomendaciones de autores latinos y latinas
Historias de amor, poemas con poder bilingüe, novelas que redescubren a La Llorona y más: un recuento de recomendaciones y libros imperdibles, en el boletín Axios Latino.
How does nature inspire us? These Latino poets dig deep in their roots
How does nature inspire us? These Latino poets dig deep in their roots
José Olivarez curates the De Los Latino poetry series where poets reflect on their relationship with nature.
Jos� Olivarez’s Promises of Gold/Promesas de oro
Jos� Olivarez’s Promises of Gold/Promesas de oro
Even the idea of a “collection” of poetry as a stringing together or collation of poems problematizes ideas about the binary of or divisions between beginnings and endings, openings and (en)closure, repetition and variation, unity and multiplicity, which is to say: affinity, connectivity. Entering the chat is José Olivarez’s Promises of Gold/Promesas de oro (Henry Holt and Co., 2023), published dos-à-dos in English and Spanish, whose audio version begins with applause.
In His Poetry, José Olivarez Speaks to Every Immigrant Child Through His Mexican Father
In His Poetry, José Olivarez Speaks to Every Immigrant Child Through His Mexican Father
In an interview with mitú, José Olivarez challenges cultural expectations and expands opportunities for Latino immigrants to connect
On Love, Community, and Fear: An Interview with José Olivarez on Promises of Gold — Honey Literary
On Love, Community, and Fear: An Interview with José Olivarez on Promises of Gold — Honey Literary
“The description of Promises of Gold/Promesas de Oro describes Olivarez as having “explore[d] every kind of love―self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural” in this collection.”
WHEN THE BULLS LOSE & JIMMY BUTLER WAS RIGHT
WHEN THE BULLS LOSE & JIMMY BUTLER WAS RIGHT
When the Bulls Lose some miserable fucks dress up their misery— they teach it language. it mouths along to sad songs & dresses in all black. silly men mistake misery for a real life being when it’s a cheap party
Myths and Promises: Decoding "Latino" in America with José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar
Myths and Promises: Decoding "Latino" in America with José Olivarez and Héctor Tobar
josé in harvard magazine
josé in harvard magazine
Por Siempre
Por Siempre
White people have Emily Dickinson, Mexicans have José Olivarez - Chicago Reader
White people have Emily Dickinson, Mexicans have José Olivarez - Chicago Reader
USA TODAY Book Club: 'Promises of Gold' by José Olivarez
USA TODAY Book Club: 'Promises of Gold' by José Olivarez
Por Siempre
Por Siempre
Order PROMISES OF GOLD
Order Promises of Gold
Order Promises of Gold
Order PROMISES OF GOLD via Barnes & Noble!
Order PROMISES OF GOLD via Barnes & Noble!
Order PROMISES OF GOLD from Pilsen Community Books
Order PROMISES OF GOLD from Pilsen Community Books
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enjambments interview: José Olivarez | Academy of American Poets
enjambments interview: José Olivarez | Academy of American Poets
Poet in the Mirror: José Olivarez | Frontier Poetry - Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
Poet in the Mirror: José Olivarez | Frontier Poetry - Exploring the Edges of Contemporary Poetry
How José Olivarez illuminates the mundane, makes poetry accessible with 'Promises of Gold' collection
How José Olivarez illuminates the mundane, makes poetry accessible with 'Promises of Gold' collection
On love poems
On love poems
Ten Questions for José Olivarez and David Ruano González
Ten Questions for José Olivarez and David Ruano González
Love, Language, Silence: An Interview with José Olivarez about “Promises of Gold”
Love, Language, Silence: An Interview with José Olivarez about “Promises of Gold”
The Annotated Nightstand: What José Olivarez is Reading Now and Next
The Annotated Nightstand: What José Olivarez is Reading Now and Next
Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Publishers Weekly Starred Review
Preorder POR SIEMPRE
Por Siempre | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
Por Siempre | Seminary Co-op Bookstores
Everything Else
My Website
My Website