A Mayan astronomer in Hell's Kitchen : poems / Martín Espada
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Norton , c2000.Edition: 1st edDescription: 84 p. ; 22 cmISBN:- 9780393321685
- 811.54 ESP
- PS3555.S53 M39 2000
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Libro - Monografía | Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. | 811.54 ESP (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 066867 |
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American-born Puerto Rican poet Espada, son of a political activist and at one time a practicing lawyer, has spent his life involved in social justice work on behalf of the Hispanic community. His poems speak eloquently of issues that cut to the core of human existence--death, tumors, heart disease, poverty--and to individuals who suffer inhumane treatment (and worse) owing to political oppression (e.g., Sister Dianna Ortiz, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg). From the enigmatic title poem (from a third-floor window, a man watches the restaurant below him burn, seemingly unaware or immune to the danger he's in) through pieces about the death of his grandmother, Puerto Rico, his wife's family, Carmen Miranda, and more.
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