Ep. 258 Long-Suffering Basketball Fans with José Olivarez
Today we're joined by poet, writer and educator José Olivarez to discuss his new book Promises of Gold, a collection of poems exploring all forms of love, including friendship, romantic and cultural. We find out why José had someone else translate his collection into Spanish when Spanish is his first language. We also discuss how he thinks about organizing his poems on the page and in the book, and why balance in a collection is so important.
The Stacks Book Club selection for March is Bad Feministby Roxane Gay. We will discuss the book on March 29th with Shanita Hubbard.
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