Citizen Illegal

“Olivarez steps into the ‘inbetween’ standing between Mexico and America in these compelling, emotional poems. Written with humor and sincerity” ( Newsweek ).   Named a Best Book of the Year by Newsweek and NPR.   In this “devastating debut” ( Publishers Weekly ), poet José Olivarez explores the stories, contradictions, joys, and sorrows that embody life in the spaces between Mexico and America. He paints vivid portraits of good kids, bad kids, families clinging to hope, life after the