A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen |
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Author:
| Espada, Martín |
ISBN: | 978-0-393-04888-9 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2000 |
Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $21.00 |
Book Description:
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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.
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.