I Am Anxious... José Olivarez

The award-winning writer and poet talks about growing up anxious, fight or flight responses, and shares an incredible piece of advice.

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José Olivarez is a writer from Calumet City, IL. He is the author of Promises of Gold and Citizen Illegal. Citizen Illegal was a finalist for the PEN/ Jean Stein Award and a winner of the 2018 Chicago Review of Books Poetry Prize. It was named a top book of 2018 by The Adroit Journal, NPR, and the New York Public…