Synopses & Reviews
Poems in English and Spanish that discuss what it means to be Puerto Rican in the United States today.
Review
"Astonishingly bold young poet." --
New York Times Book ReviewsReview
"Espada is a responsible and caring poet with a talent that equals his task." -- Gary Soto,
Small PressReview
"His poems are, by turns, ferocious, tender, ardently political or touching biographical." --
Christian Science MoniterSynopsis
In his masterful bilingual collection Rebellion Is the Circle of a Lover's Hands/Rebeli n es el giro de manos del amante, acclaimed, award-winning poet Mart n Espada explores and illuminates what it means to be Puerto Rican in the United States today.
About the Author
Martín Espada (born 1957) is a Latino poet, and professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he teaches poetry. Puerto Rico has frequently been featured as a theme in his poems.