02058cam a2200397 i 4500 21568407 PUCPR 20250407152132.0 200617s2021 nyu g 000 p eng 2020027736 9780393541038 (hardcover) 9780393541045 (epub) DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc BEV PS3555.S53 F58 2021 811/.54 23 23 811.54 Espada, Martín, 1957- author. Floaters : poems / Martín Espada. New York, New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2021] xiii, 75 pages ; 22 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier "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"-- Provided by publisher. Winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize. Puerto Rican poetry 155358 English language United States American poetry 52218 Puerto Ricans authors Poems, Puerto Rican 151929 English language Poetry. lcgft 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg ddc 6 23 811.54 299443 299443 0 0 ddc 0 0 10 10 B 2023-02-08 19 11.61 0 P.R. 811.54 E771f 80000002631003 2023-02-08 00:00:00 11.61 2023-02-08 6