num_pages: 88
description: "Martín Espada ....forges a new poetic language."―Dennis Loy Johnson, Pittsburgh Tribune 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.
language: English
title: A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen
titlecomplete: A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen
genres: Poetry, 21st Century
ratings_count: 143
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Massachusetts Book Award
category: Poetry
publisher: W. W. Norton & Company