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Promises of Gold by José Olivarez

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Promises of Gold

José Olivarez

Henry Holt and Co. · Paperback · February 20, 2024

Reading lane: Hispanic American Poetry

“How many bad lovers have gotten poems?

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Why This Clicks

Love, Wider Circles

These poems look beyond romance to the many forms of love—and the forces that complicate it.

Come here for

  • Friendship, family, self-love, and cultural love sharing the page
  • Poems that hold affection alongside the contradictions of the American Dream

Expect

  • A collection concerned with love in all its complications
  • An English or Spanish-language way into the poems

Book Details

Authors
José Olivarez
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co.
Published
February 20, 2024
Format
Paperback
Theme
Hispanic American Poetry · Family Poems
Reading lane
Hispanic American Poetry

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Publisher Categories

  • Hispanic American Poetry

  • Love Poetry

  • Family Poems

About This Book

“How many bad lovers have gotten poems? How many crushes? No disrespect to romantic love—but what about our friends? Those homies who are there all along—cheering for us and reminding us that love is abundant.” In 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...

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“How many bad lovers have gotten poems? How many crushes? No disrespect to romantic love—but what about our friends? Those homies who are there all along—cheering for us and reminding us that love is abundant.” In 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.” Whether 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. “¿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”. En 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”. Ya 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.

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