Alabanza: New and Selected Poems 1982-2002
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"An astonishing collection of political poetry at its finest."—The Progressive, Favorite Books of 2004The New York TimesThe Spanish title of Martín Espada's new book means ''praise,'' and indeed the tone of his uncompromising political poetry is often distinctively expansive and humanistic. Drawing from six previous collections with titles that sound like wry magic realist novels -- from The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero (1982) to A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen (2000) -- Alabanza assembles a poetry of witness for Latin Americans suffering from everyday and endemic injustices (though Native Americans and even Irish potato famine victims also get their due). — Megan Harlan
Mrs. Baez Serves Coffee on the Third FloorCordilleraTato Hates the New York YankeesHeart of HungerJim's Blind BluesPowerTrumpets from the Islands of Their EvictionToque de queda: Curfew in LawrenceTiburonEl senor esta muertoFrom an Island You Cannot NameMariano Explains Yanqui Colonialism to Judge CollingsAgain the Mercenaries: Atlantic Coast of Nicaragua, 4th of July 1982La tormentaThe Right Hand of a Mexican Farmworker in Somerset County, MarylandLeo Blue's and the Tiger RoseWatch Me SwingThe Moon Shatters on Alabama AvenueLa tumba de Buenaventura RoigRebellion is the Circle of a Lover's Hands (Pellin and Nina)The Savior is Abducted in Puerto RicoColibriBullyThe New Bathroom Policy at English High SchoolPortrait of a Real Hijo de PutaCheo Saw an Angel on Division StreetLatin Night at the PawnshopTwo Mexicanos Lynched in Santa Cruz, California, May 3, 1877Revolutionary Spanish LessonThe Intelligence of ScavengersAfter the Flood in ChinandegaThe Saint Vincent de Paul Food Pantry StompFederico's GhostThe Florida Citrus Growers Association Responds to a Proposed Law Requiring Handwashing Facilities in the FieldsJorge the Church Janitor Finally QuitsThe Hidalgo's Hat and a Hawk's Bell of GoldThe Lover of a Subversive is Also a SubversiveCoca-Cola and Coco FrioWho Burns for the Perfection of PaperCity of Coughing and Dead RadiatorsCourthouse Graffiti for Two VoicesMi Vida: Wings of FrightThe Broken Window of Rosa RamosThe Legal Aid Lawyer Has an EpiphanyDSS DreamWhite BirchThe Other AlamoThe Skull Beneath the Skin of the MangoWhen Songs Become WaterImagine the Angels of BreadThe Owl and the LightningCada puerco tiene su sabadoThe Pinata Painted with a Face Like MineRednecksDo Not Put Dead Monkeys in the FreezerThe Bouncer's ConfessionSoliloquy at GunpointMy Cockroach LoverThe Meaning of the ShovelThieves of LightOfferings to an Ulcerated GodMy Native CostumeHer ToolboxWhen the Leather is a WhipBecause Clemente Means MercifulThe Prisoners of Saint LawrenceAll the People Who are Now Red TreesSleeping on the BusThe Fugitive Poets of Fenway ParkHands Without Irons Become DragonfliesMy Name is EspadaThe Shiny Aluminum of GodMy Father as a GuitarFor the Jim Crow Mexican Restaurant in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Where My Cousin Esteban was Forbidden to Wait Tables Because He Wears DreadlocksPegaoA Mayan Astronomer in Hell's KitchenThe Community College Revises its Curriculum in Response to Changing DemographicsThe Death of Carmen MirandaGenuflection in Right FieldPrisoner AM-8335 and His Library of LionsCompanero Poet and the Surveillance of SheepI Apologize for Giving You Poison Ivy by Smacking You in the Eye with the Crayfish at the End of My Fishing LineThanksgivingThe River Will Not TestifyEn la calle San SebastianNow the Dead Will Dance the MamboContemplationOffering of StonesSheep HaikuCircle Your NameSearching for La Revolucion in the Streets of TijuanaSing ZapatistaEzequielParole HearingHow I Became the Rare Iguana Delicatissima of the CaribbeanThe Monsters at the Edge of the WorldInheritance of Waterfalls and SharksThe Poet in the BoxThe Matchbook-Poet and his Scintilla of FireGhazal for Open HandsAlabanza: In Praise of Local 100GlossaryBiographical NoteIndex
