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From: Giving Their Word: Conversations with Contemporary Poets[(interview date 2002) In the following interview, Espada and Ratiner discuss the political nature of Espada's poetry.] Hunched over the podium, Martín Espada is an imposing presence, a grizzly bear of a man with dark...
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From:Poetry for Students (Vol. 16. )Espada is a political poet at a time when the relevance of both politics and poetry has become significantly challenged in the American popular imagination. He is largely successful not because his politics agree with...
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From:Poetry for Students (Vol. 16. )Quite often, poets who want to use their creative skills and poetic inspirations to make social or political statements do so in harsh, "loud" language that seems to shout at the reader in anger and protest. Sometimes...