Promises of Gold Self-Help Nayeri deftly weaves through stories

Nayeri deftly weaves through stories of the long and beautiful history of his family in Iran

in the process alienating an overzealous girlfriend

before starring in such modern classics as Heat

wildly astute

Praise for American Betiya

Promises of Gold Self-Help Nayeri deftly weaves through storiesHow 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