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josé olivarez
@_joseolivarez
son of Mexican immigrants. poet. educator. Promises of Gold (Henry Holt 2023). Citizen Illegal, (@haymarketbooks 2018). (He/Him)
Chicago, IL
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    josé olivarez
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    Aug 11, 2022
    COVER REVEAL! I’m excited to share the cover for PROMISES OF GOLD releasing on February 7th, 2023 from @henryholtbooks. this is a book of love poems. love poems for the homies. love poems for family. love poems for community. romantic love poems
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    josé olivarez
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    Oct 14, 2017
    met a fellow chicagoan today
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    josé olivarez
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    Apr 15, 2021
    i want to be clear about a couple of things. it doesn’t matter if Adam Toledo was armed or not. he should not have been executed by the police. it doesn’t matter if he was 13 or 33. he should not have been executed by the police.
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    josé olivarez
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    Apr 15, 2021
    anybody defending police is getting blocked on sight. the police killed a 13 year old in chicago. they killed a 20 year old in minneapolis. they killed a Salvadoran woman in Mexico. violence is not an aberration in police work. all policing is violence. abolish the police
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    josé olivarez
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    Mar 20, 2018
    my therapist told me today “emotions are important, but that doesn’t make them facts” yooooo i was shook. #therapybars
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    josé olivarez
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    Nov 19, 2019
    during a q & a with 8th graders today, i brought up that i didn’t believe prisons should exist & when one of the young ppl quipped “what about the bad guys” i was able to formulate a response that made sense to them. that’s today’s win
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    josé olivarez
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    Oct 14, 2018
    sometimes i write poems to heal my past selves and sometimes i find poems my past selves wrote for my current and future selves
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    josé olivarez
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    Jan 12, 2021
    happy tuesday, my poem is featured in @POETSorg today. thank you to Fatimah Asghar for selecting it. you can read the poem here: poets.org/poem/poem-wher…
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    josé olivarez
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    Sep 23, 2022
    i love this poem from Sandra Cisneros’s new book WOMAN WITHOUT SHAME
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    josé olivarez
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    Jul 4, 2018
    i get so hype when my friends tell me their good news. yes publications. yes shows. yes travel. yes self-love. yes jobs. it inspires me
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    josé olivarez
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    Oct 14, 2018
    y’all, Sandra Cisneros just told me she liked my book 😭😭😭
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    josé olivarez
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    Oct 15, 2017
    Replying to @vivianwmlee
    he was more handsome and presidential in real life tbh
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    josé olivarez
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    Apr 15, 2021
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    the threat to peace in chicago is not protestors. it is the armed agents of the state that have a long history of murdering civilians with impunity. police are the threat. we must abolish the police
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    josé olivarez
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    Mar 21, 2021
    hello friends, i have a brand new poem up at @TheAtlantic this morning. I'm hella proud of this one & grateful for the opportunity: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
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    The Atlantic
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    Mar 21, 2021
    "there’s two ways to be a Mexican writer that are true / & tested. you can write about migration / or you can write about migration." A new poem by @_joseolivarez: on.theatln.tc/7E7JEeV