Promises of Gold - In Conversation With José Olivarez
03:45 - Growing up in Cal City, Starting Poetry, and going to Harvard. 19:39 - Becoming a "poet" as a profession and Citizen Illegal 22:55 - Promises of Gold 28:23 - a Performance of "An Almost Sonnet for My Mom's Almost Life" 32:19 - Poetry is not a cure for Toxic Masculinity, but can it help? 39:38 - Being unable to express love starts early, and a Richard Montanez shoutout 41:04 - Translating poems to Spanish, Zacate, and anti translation as a resistance to empire 57:16 - Mexicans love beans, deal with it. 59:12 - Poetry in general, advice on how to read and how to write it
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