A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen: Poems

Espada, Mart?n

ISBN 10: 0393321681 / ISBN 13: 9780393321685

Published by W. W. Norton & Company, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen: Poems
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0393321681
• ISBN 13: 9780393321685
• Binding: paperback
• Condition: As New
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Synopsis

"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.

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.