Imagine the Angels of Bread: Poems
Martin Espada
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Description
Combining the personal with the political in his fifth collection of poems, Martin Espada celebrates the bread of the imagination, the bread of the table, and the bread of justice. The heart of the collection is a series of autobiographical poems, recalling family, school, neighborhood, and work experiences - from bouncer to tenant lawyer. There are moments of revelation here, digging latrines in Nicaragua or dealing with the life-threatening illness of an infant son. Other poems embrace themes of political persecution and transcendence; the cast of characters includes a friend from Chile who talked his way out of being shot by a firing squad. The culminating poem of the collection is an elegy for the Puerto Rican poet Clemente Soto Velez, imprisoned for his advocacy of independence for Puerto Rico: "Hands Without Irons Become Dragonflies."
Product Details
Price
$16.95
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Publish Date
November 01, 1997
Pages
108
Dimensions
5.53 X 8.19 X 0.39 inches | 0.34 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9780393316865
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Martin Espada has published nearly twenty books as poet, editor, essayist, and translator. His most recent collection of poems is Vivas to Those Who Have Failed. Other collections of poems include The Trouble Ball, The Republic of Poetry, and Alabanza. Among his many honors is the Shelley Memorial Award. He is professor of English at University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
Reviews
Martín Espada is well on his way to becoming the Latino poet of his generation.--Earl Shorris