Citizen Illegal

Name: Citizen Illegal
ISBN: 9781608469543

by José Olivarez

PEN/Jean Stein · 2019 · Shortlist

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Haymarket BooksOctober 9, 2018PoetryISBN 9781608469543

Award History

Award	Year	Status	Citation
PEN/Jean Stein Book Award	2019	Shortlist

About This Book

José Olivarez's debut collection writes about being the son of Mexican immigrants in Chicago, navigating class, language, and belonging with wit and lyric force. Shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Award.

About the Author

José OlivarezAmerican

José Olivarez (b. 1988) is an American poet, author, and educator from Calumet City, Illinois, son of Mexican immigrants, best known for his poetry collections Citizen Illegal (2018), a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and winner of the Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize, and Promises of Gold (2023), longlisted for the National Book Award. He is also co-editor of The BreakBeat Poets Vol. Read more →