Poetry Like Bread: Poets of the Political Imagination
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Since 1975, Curbstone Press has published works by a unique group of writers: political activists, revolutionaries, guerrilla combatants, as well as ordinary working people, from the U.S., Latin America, and throughout the world. What all share is an affinity for that place "where art and politics intersect." Unique among poetry anthologies, Poetry Like Bread presents poets whose imaginations are political. These are poets whose works are united in a desire for a world where human needs are met and justice is pursued. The poets here moved Rigoberta Menchu to comment "With bold and simple…mehr

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Produktbeschreibung
Since 1975, Curbstone Press has published works by a unique group of writers: political activists, revolutionaries, guerrilla combatants, as well as ordinary working people, from the U.S., Latin America, and throughout the world. What all share is an affinity for that place "where art and politics intersect." Unique among poetry anthologies, Poetry Like Bread presents poets whose imaginations are political. These are poets whose works are united in a desire for a world where human needs are met and justice is pursued. The poets here moved Rigoberta Menchu to comment "With bold and simple words, they speak to us of the women and men who build hope every day."
Autorenporträt
MARTÍN ESPADA, born in Brooklyn in 1957, has been called the Latino poet of his generation. The author of fourteen collections of poetry, he is also an editor, essayist, and translator. He is currently a professor in the Department of English at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.