A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen
Poems| By: | Martín Espada |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton |
| Print ISBN: | 9780393321685 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780393253771 |
| Edition: | 0 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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"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.