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The lover of a subversive is also a subversive : essays and commentaries / Martín Espada

By:

Espada, Martin, (, 1957-)

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Poets on poetryPublication details: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press , c2010.Description: 105 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780472051472

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

814 ESP

LOC classification:

PS3555.S53 Z46 2010

Contents:

Through me many long dumb voices: the poet-lawyer -- The lover of a subversive is also a subversive: colonialism and the poetry of rebellion in Puerto Rico -- Blessed be the truth-tellers: in praise of Jack Agüeros -- I've known rivers: speaking of the unspoken places in poetry -- A branch on the tree of Whitman: Martín Espada on the 150th anniversary of Leaves of grass -- Seers unseen: the poets of the Viet Nam War -- The unacknowledged legislator: a rebuttal -- About Martín Espada.

Summary: A collection of essays on poetry and politics. Espada challenges the conventional wisdom that poetry and politics are mutually exclusive, and rejects the poetics of self-marginalization, in keeping with Adrian Mitchell's dictum that, "most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."

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Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro - Monografía	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C.	814 ESP (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		066893

A collection of essays on poetry and politics. Espada challenges the conventional wisdom that poetry and politics are mutually exclusive, and rejects the poetics of self-marginalization, in keeping with Adrian Mitchell's dictum that, "most people ignore most poetry because most poetry ignores most people."

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