Imagine the Angels of Bread: Poems - Hardcover

Espada, Martín

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393039161 ISBN 13: 9780393039160

Publisher: WW Norton & Co, 1996

Synopsis

Combining the personal with the political in his fifth collection of poems, Martin Espada celebrates the bread of the imagination, the bread of the table, and the bread of justice. The heart of the collection is a series of autobiographical poems, recalling family, school, neighborhood, and work experiences - from bouncer to tenant lawyer. There are moments of revelation here, digging latrines in Nicaragua or dealing with the life-threatening illness of an infant son. Other poems embrace themes of political persecution and transcendence; the cast of characters includes a friend from Chile who talked his way out of being shot by a firing squad. The culminating poem of the collection is an elegy for the Puerto Rican poet Clemente Soto Velez, imprisoned for his advocacy of independence for Puerto Rico: "Hands Without Irons Become Dragonflies."

About this title

Review:

Martin Espada is well on his way to becoming the Latino poet of his generation.--Earl Shorris

Synopsis:

A collection of poems touches subjects ranging from childhood memories, and experiences at work, to poems that examine political persecution.

About this edition

• Publisher: WW Norton & Co
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0393039161
• ISBN 13: 9780393039160
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 112