| Author: | Martín Espada | ISBN: | 9780393253771 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | June 17, 2001 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Martín Espada |
| ISBN: | 9780393253771 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication: | June 17, 2001 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language: | English |
"Martín Espada ....forges a new poetic language."—Dennis Loy Johnson, Pittsburgh Tribune
In his sixth collection, American Book Award winner Martín Espada has created a poetic mural. There are conquerors, slaves, and rebels from Caribbean history; the "Mayan astronomer" calmly smoking a cigarette in the middle of a New York tenement fire; a nun staging a White House vigil to protest her torture; a man on death row mourning the loss of his books; and even Carmen Miranda.
"Martín Espada ....forges a new poetic language."—Dennis Loy Johnson, Pittsburgh Tribune
In his sixth collection, American Book Award winner Martín Espada has created a poetic mural. There are conquerors, slaves, and rebels from Caribbean history; the "Mayan astronomer" calmly smoking a cigarette in the middle of a New York tenement fire; a nun staging a White House vigil to protest her torture; a man on death row mourning the loss of his books; and even Carmen Miranda.
![Cover of the book [sic]: A Memoir by Martín Espada](https://www.kuoky.com/images/2011/october/300x300/9780393082975-IFuH_300x.jpg)
