Stephen Shore, "Oklahoma City, Oklahoma," 1972

In my next poetry book, tentatively titled Cars, I juxtapose Soviet and American highways, gas stations, drive-in movie theaters, labor rights organizing, and open fields. You can find selections from the project in the links below.

Select Poems in [PANK]

"Yellow Taxicab Driver" in On The Seawall

"Schoolyard Games" in Pleiades

"An Old Ford Pick-Up" and "The Williamsburg Bridge" in Diode

"The Jewish Hammer," "After Dale Earnhardt Died in a Car Crash," & "Mazel Tov" in The Laurel Review

now i’m bologna
by José Olivarez
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my parents were born from a car. they climbed out
& kissed the car on its cheek. [...] when they were babies
my parents dreamt of being Lamborghinis. not
people.