"How many bad lovers have gotten poems? How many crushes? No disrespect to romantic love--but what about our friends? Those homies who are there all along--cheering for us and reminding us that love is abundant." In this groundbreaking collection of poems, Jos� Olivarez explores every kind of love--self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural. Grappling with the contradictions of the American Dream with unflinching humanity, he lays bare the ways in which "love is complicated by forces larger than our hearts." Whether ...
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"How many bad lovers have gotten poems? How many crushes? No disrespect to romantic love--but what about our friends? Those homies who are there all along--cheering for us and reminding us that love is abundant." In this groundbreaking collection of poems, Jos� Olivarez explores every kind of love--self, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural. Grappling with the contradictions of the American Dream with unflinching humanity, he lays bare the ways in which "love is complicated by forces larger than our hearts." Whether readers enter this collection in English or via the Spanish translation by poet David Ruano Gonz�lez, these extraordinary poems are sure to become beloved for their illuminations of life--and love. "�Cu�ntas malas parejas han inspirado poemas? �Cu�ntos crush es? Sin faltarle el respeto al amor rom�ntico--pero �qu� hay de los amigos? Esos compas que est�n ah� todo el tiempo--anim�ndonos y record�ndonos que elamor es abundante". En esta innovadora colecci�n de poemas, Jos� Olivarez explora cada tipo de amor--el propio, fraternal, rom�ntico, familiar, cultural. Lidiando con las contradicciones del sue�o americano, con una humanidad inquebrantable, deja al descubierto las maneras en que "el amor se va complicando por fuerzas m�s grandes que nuestros corazones". Ya sea que los lectores entren a esta colecci�n en ingl�s o a partir de la traducci�n al espa�ol del poeta David Ruano Gonz�lez, estos extraordinarios poemas ser�n amados seguramente por sus iluminaciones sobre el amor y la vida.
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