WebEspada is professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and has also taught at the Stonecoast Low-Residency MFA Program at the University of Southern Maine, Holy Cross College, Emerson College, … WebRuth Lilly Prize-winning poet Martin Espada draws on a deep well of experiences as a Puerto Rican activist, lawyer, and poet in this electrifying latest collection, Floaters. The book runs the gamut from scathing socio …

Floaters by Martín Espada Poetry Magazine

WebFloaters. Martín Espada. Norton, $26.95 (80p) ISBN 978-0-393-54103-8. The visionary latest from Espada ( Vivas to Those Who Have Failed) combines a sharp political awareness with a storyteller ... datetime month name c#

Poet Martín Espada on New Collection “Floaters”

WebNoone,theysay,hadeverseenfloaters$this$clean:’Óscar’sblack’shirt’ yankedupto’the’armpits,’Valeria’s’armslung’around’her’father’s ... WebRuth Lilly Prize-winning poet Martin Espada draws on a deep well of experiences as a Puerto Rican activist, lawyer, and poet in this electrifying latest collection Floaters. The book runs the gamut from scathing socio-political commentaries on the state of cultural affairs, particularly during the Trump era, to the poignant homages to family ... WebIn this powerful new collection of poems, Martín Espada articulates the transcendent vision of another, possible world. He invokes the words of Whitman in “Vivas to Those Who Have Failed,” a cycle of sonnets about the Paterson Silk Strike and the immigrant laborers who envisioned an eight-hour workday. bjc wash u physicians