{"product_id":"promises-of-gold-9781250878496","title":"Promises of Gold","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA groundbreaking collection of poems addressing how every kind of love--self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural--is birthed, shaped, and complicated by the invisible forces of gender, capitalism, religion, migration, and so on.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLove is at the heart of everything we do, and yet it is often mishandled, misrepresented, or narrowly defined. In the words of José Olivarez: \"How many bad lovers have gotten poems? How many crushes? No disrespect to romantic love--but what about our friends? Those homies who show up when the romance ends to help you heal your heart. Those homies who are there all along--cheering for us and reminding us that love is abundant.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten in English and combined with a Spanish translation by poet David Ruano, \"\u003ci\u003ePromises of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e explores many forms of love and how \"a promise made isn't always a promise kept,\" as Olivarez grapples with the contradictions of the American Dream laying bare the ways in which \"love is complicated by forces larger than our hearts.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHe writes, \"For those of us who are hyphenated Americans, where do we belong? \u003ci\u003ePromises of Gold\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to reckon with colonial legacy and the reality of what those promises have borne out for Mexican descendants. I wrote this book to imagine and document an ongoing practice of healing--healing that requires me to show up for myself, my community, my friends, my family, and my loves every day.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhether readers enter this collection in English or Spanish, these extraordinary poems are sure to become beloved for their illuminations of life--and love.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Henry Holt \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/07\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250878496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Jos\u0026#233; Olivarez","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42561892417717,"sku":"9781250878496","price":21.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_25ff796e-b17d-478a-8749-8d0eaeb2e00a.jpg?v=1670942526","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/promises-of-gold-9781250878496","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}