José Olivarez - Poetry Reading
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The son of Mexican immigrants, Olivarez grew up in Calumet City, South Chicago. His education on the streets, and in the halls of Harvard (where he earned his BA) have enabled him to connect with many contemporary youth and bathe all readers in a reality of life in Latinx America.
The son of Mexican immigrants, Olivarez grew up in Calumet City, South Chicago. His education on the streets, and in the halls of Harvard (where he earned his BA) have enabled him to connect with many contemporary youth and bathe all readers in a reality of life in Latinx America.
Harvard Magazine described Olivarez’s debut poetry collection, Citizen Illegal, as an examination of race, migration, language, and the contradictions of the first-generation immigrant experience. Other themes focus on family and Mexican American identity. The book won the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the 2019 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award.
His second collection, Promises of Gold (Henry Holt and Company, 2023) was longlisted for the 2023 National Book Award for Poetry. Its themes: Mexican identity, friendship, romantic love, loss and the culture of food. In a review for the Poetry Foundation, Diego Báez wrote that the poems explore desire and fulfillment through relationships with countries, cultures, lovers, friends, and family. Notably, all of the poems in the collections are presented in English and Spanish.
Event Information
| Event Date | Friday April 02, 2027 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM |
| Price | Free ($75 value) |
| Location | Rialto Theater - 228 E 4th St, Loveland, CO |
| Categories | Events |