José Olivarez

José Olivarez is an author, poet and educator from Calumet City, Illinois, U.S. His first full collection of poetry is ''Citizen Illegal'', published by Haymarket Books. ''Citizen Illegal'' was shortlisted for the 2019 PEN/Jean Stein Book Award. His second poetry collection ''Promises of Gold,'' with a Spanish translation by David Ruano, was published by Macmillan Publishers. Provided by Wikipedia