Alabanza: New and Selected Poems 1982-2002

by Martín Espada

Book Overview

Alabanza is a twenty-year collection charting the emergence of Mart n Espada as the preeminent Latino lyric voice of his generation. Alabanza means praise in Spanish, and Espada praises the people Whitman called them the others are down upon: the African slaves who brought their music to Puerto Rico; a prison inmate provoking brawls so he could write poetry in solitary confinement; a janitor and his solitary strike; Espada's own father, who was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393326217
• ISBN13: 9780393326215
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.4" x 8.2"