{"product_id":"citizen-illegal-9781608469543","title":"Citizen Illegal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eCitizen Illegal\u003c\/em\u003e is right on time, bringing both empathy and searing critique to the fore as a nation debates the very humanity of the people who built it.\" --Eve Ewing, author of \u003cem\u003eElectric Arches\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this stunning debut, poet Jos  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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJos  Olivarez \u003c\/strong\u003eis the son of Mexican immigrants. He is a co-host of the podcast, The Poetry Gods. A winner of fellowships from Poets House, The Bronx Council On The Arts, The Poetry Foundation, and The Conversation Literary Festival, his work has been published in \u003cem\u003eThe BreakBeat Poets \u003c\/em\u003eand elsewhere. He is the Marketing Manager at Young Chicago Authors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Haymarket Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781608469543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 80\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.06w x 0.38d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2018 pg. 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jos\u0026#233; Olivarez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36661800173724,"sku":"9781608469543","price":13.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_5fae95f1-5f42-4be2-81b2-06f4a1b5cf29.jpg?v=1603900303","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/citizen-illegal-9781608469543","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}