Promises of Gold Self-Help ranging from 1991 to the

ranging from 1991 to the present

and today are fundamentals of American culture” (OPRAH Magazine)

”—The New York Times Book Review (Editors’ Choice)

Praise for American Betiya

Promises of Gold Self-Help ranging from 1991 to theHow many bad lovers have gotten poems? How many crushes? No disrespect to romantic lovebut what about our friends? Those homies who are there all alongcheering for us and reminding us that love is abundant.In this groundbreaking collection of poems, Jos Olivarez explores every kind of loveself, brotherly, romantic, familial, cultural. Grappling with the contradictions of the American Dream with unflinching humanity, he lays bare the ways in which love