"New Series Citizen Illegal is a revealing portrait of life as a first generation immigrant, a celebration of Chicano joy, a shout against erasure, and a vibrant re-imagining of Mexican American life.In 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. "

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New Series Citizen Illegal is a revealing portrait of life as a first generation immigrant, a celebration of Chicano joy, a shout against erasure, and a vibrant re-imagining of Mexican American life.In 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.

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Author : José Olivarez
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Pages : 120 pages
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Publisher : Haymarket Books
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Language : eng
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ISBN-10 : 1608465233
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ISBN-13 : 9781608465231
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Description
Citizen Illegal is a revealing portrait of life as a first generation immigrant, a celebration of Chicano joy, a shout against
erasure, and a vibrant re-imagining of Mexican American life.In 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.
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