Combining the personal with the political in his fifth collection, Mart n Espada celebrates the bread of the imagination, the bread of the table, and the bread of justice.
There are moments of revelation and political transcendence here, which culminate in an elegy for the Puerto Rican poet Clemente Soto Velez, imprisoned for his advocac.
The heart of the collection is a series of autobiographical Poems recalling family, school, neighborhood, and work experiences-from bouncer to tenant lawyer.
Combining the personal with the political in his fifth collection, Mart n Espada celebrates the bread of the imagination, the bread of the table, and the bread of justice