01714cam a2200325 i 450000100090000000300060000900500170001500800410003201000170007302000310009002000260012104000280014704100080017504200080018305000250019108200160021610000380023224500420027026400580031230000280037033600260039833700280042433800270045252007050047958600430118465000570122765000430128465000420132765500190136921568407PUCPR20250407152132.0200617s2021    nyu    g      000 p eng    a  2020027736  a9780393541038q(hardcover)  z9780393541045q(epub)  aDLCbengerdacDLCdDLC  aeng  apcc00aPS3555.S53bF58 202100a811/.542231 aEspada, Martín,d1957-eauthor.10aFloaters :bpoems /cMartín Espada. 1aNew York, New York :bW. W. Norton & Company,c[2021]  axiii, 75 pages ;c22 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  a"From the winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize come masterfully crafted narratives of protest, grief, and love. In this collection, Martín Espada bears witness to confrontation with anti-immigrant bigotry as a tenant lawyer years ago, and now sings the praises of Central American adolescents playing soccer in an internment camp founded on that same bigotry. He knows that times of hate also call for poems of love-even in the voice of a Galápagos tortoise. Whether celebrating the visions of fallen dreamers and poets or condemning the devastation of Hurricane Maria and official negligence in his father's Puerto Rico, Espada invokes ferocious, incandescent spirits"--cProvided by publisher.  aWinner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. 0aPuerto Rican poetryvEnglish languagezUnited States 0aAmerican poetryvPuerto Ricans authors 0aPoems, Puerto RicanvEnglish language 7aPoetry.2lcgft