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"The poems in Jailbreak of Sparrows are about the ways in which the ordinary becomes monumental: portraits of loved ones, politically-charged meditations, and tributes to the unsung. Moving from his upbringing in New York City and his work as a legal aid in Boston, to the chapters that are still being written, time crystallizes within Espada's Whitmanesque lines, and brings the world - with all of its tenderness, wit, and violence - into focus"--

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"The poems in Jailbreak of Sparrows are about the ways in which the ordinary becomes monumental: portraits of loved ones, politically-charged meditations, and tributes to the unsung. Moving from his upbringing in New York City and his work as a legal aid in Boston, to the chapters that are still being written, time crystallizes within Espada's Whitmanesque lines, and brings the world - with all of its tenderness, wit, and violence - into focus"--
Autorenporträt
MARTÍN ESPADA has published more than twenty books as a poet, editor, essayist, and translator, including Floaters, winner of the National Book Award, Vivas to Those Who Have Failed, and The Republic of Poetry, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. His many honors include the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, the Shelley Memorial Award, and a Guggenheim Fellowship. Born in Brooklyn, he now lives in western Massachusetts.