Rebellion Is the Circle of a Lover's Hands/Rebelió

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Contributors
Martín Espada (Author)
Publication Date
July 1995
Categories
Poetry
Page Count
123 pages
Trim Size
5.5 x 8.5
ISBN
0-915306-95-6

Rebellion Is the Circle of a Lover's Hands/Rebelió

Martín Espada

Poems in English and Spanish that discuss 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.

Reviews

"Astonishingly bold young poet." —New York Times Book Reviews

"Espada is a responsible and caring poet with a talent that equals his task." —Gary Soto, Small Press

"His poems are, by turns, ferocious, tender, ardently political or touching biographical." —Christian Science Moniter