Tuesday, May 12, 2009

The Works of Poetry by Espada

  • Alabanza: New and Selected Poems

    "Martin Espada weilds his poetry like a flint, striking sparks, cutting to the bone. To read this work is to be struck breathless, and surely to come away changed."
    -Barbara Kingsolver
  • Crucifixion in the Plaza de Armas

    A collection of Poems about a wide variety of subjects From the different meanings of his name; Espada means "sword" in spanish, to Colonialism and the movement for independence. Also detailed in this book are the Ponce Massacre and the life and struggle of Clemente Soto Velez, a poet who was imprisoned for 'seditious conspiracy.' On top of all this he is searching the mountains for the grave of his great- grandfather
  • La Tumba de Buenaventura Roig

  • A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen

  • The Republic of Poetry

  • Poetry Like Bread: Poets of the Political Imagination from Curbstone Poets

  • El Coro: A Chorus of Latino and Latina Poetry

  • Last Summer

  • Toward Anguish

  • Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover's Hands

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