Promises of Gold Binding:Paperback She talks honestly about the

She talks honestly about the good

very funny

diverse voices

Funmi is beautiful

or just trying to survive the life-and-death pitfalls of dating in high school

Promises of Gold Binding:Paperback She talks honestly about 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