Photo: Mercedes Zapata

Photo: Mercedes Zapata

José Olivarez

José Olivarez is the son of Mexican immigrants. His debut book of poems, Citizen Illegal, was finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Award and a winner of the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize. It was named a top book of 2018 by the Adroit Journal, NPR, and the New York Public Library. Along with Felicia Chavez and Willie Perdomo, he coedited the poetry anthology The BreakBeat Poets Vil. 4: LatiNext. He cohost the poetry podcast The Poetry Gods.

José Olivarez es hijo de inmigrantes mexicanos. Su primer libro de poemas, Citizen Illegal, fue finalista del PEN/Jean Stein Award y uno de los ganadores del Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize en 2018. También fue nombrado uno de los mejores libros de 2018 por Adroit Journal, NPR, y la New York Public Library. Junto a Felicia Chavez y Willie Perdomo, Olivarez coeditó la antología poética The BreakBeat Poets Vol. 4: LatiNext. Es copresentador del podcast de poesía The Poetry Gods.

 
 

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