Promises of Gold/Promesas de Oro and the elegance of time

and the elegance of time represented in fracking core samples from unimaginable depths

A woman is haunted by the Mexican folk demon La Llorona in this “utterly terrifying and wholly immersive

as they reach towards a future that will hold them both

even futuristic object lessons

each woman will struggle to chart a path forward

Promises of Gold/Promesas de Oro and the elegance of timePaperback, remaindered copy LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD Named one of NPR's Books We Love How 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