A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen: Poems

by Martín Espada

Overview

"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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780393253771
Publisher:	Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc.
Publication date:	12/11/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	88
Sales rank:	901,374
File size:	323 KB

About the Author

Martín Espada has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist and translator, including Vivas to Those Who Have Failed and Pulitzer finalist The Republic of Poetry. His many honors include the Ruth Lilly Prize, the Shelley Memorial Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Born in Brooklyn, he now lives in western Massachusetts.