Espada was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was introduced to political activism at an early age by his father, a leader in the Puerto Rican community and the civil rights movement.[4] Espada received a B.A. in history from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and a J.D. from Northeastern University (Boston, Massachusetts). For many years, he worked as a tenant lawyer[1] and a supervisor of a legal services program. In 1982, Espada published his first book of political poems, The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero, featuring photography by his father. This was followed by Trumpets from the Islands of their Eviction (1987) and Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover's Hands.[5] In 2001, he was named the first Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts.[6]In 2018, Espada received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, a lifetime achievement award given by the Poetry Foundation to a living U.S. poet that carries a $100,000 prize. Espada was the first Latino recipient of the honor.[7]
About his first and subsequent visits to meet family in Puerto Rico, Espada said it was "absolutely transformative", an "absolute revelation", "a process of self-discovery", and that "going there affirms you have a history". His poem "Coca Cola and Coco Frio" is about that.[8]
In 2021, Espada won the National Book Award for Poetry for his poem "Floaters" about two migrants, Oscar and his daughter Valeria, who drowned crossing the Rio Grande at the U.S. Border.[10][11]
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martín, espada, born, 1957, puerto, rican, american, poet, professor, university, massachusetts, amherst, where, teaches, poetry, puerto, rico, frequently, been, featured, theme, poems, born, 1957, august, 1957, brooklyn, york, united, statesoccupationpoet, pr. Martin Espada born 1957 is a Puerto Rican American poet 1 2 and a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he teaches poetry Puerto Rico has frequently been featured as a theme in his poems 3 Martin EspadaBorn 1957 08 07 7 August 1957 age 65 Brooklyn New York United StatesOccupationPoet professor translatorNationalityAmericanNotable worksImagine the Angels of BreadNotable awardsNational Book Award American Book Award PEN Revson Fellowship Paterson Poetry Prize Contents 1 Life and career 2 Awards and honours 3 Works 3 1 Books of poetry 3 2 Books of essays 3 3 As editor 3 4 In anthology 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksLife and career EditEspada was born in Brooklyn New York He was introduced to political activism at an early age by his father a leader in the Puerto Rican community and the civil rights movement 4 Espada received a B A in history from the University of Wisconsin Madison and a J D from Northeastern University Boston Massachusetts For many years he worked as a tenant lawyer 1 and a supervisor of a legal services program In 1982 Espada published his first book of political poems The Immigrant Iceboy s Bolero featuring photography by his father This was followed by Trumpets from the Islands of their Eviction 1987 and Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover s Hands 5 In 2001 he was named the first Poet Laureate of Northampton Massachusetts 6 In 2018 Espada received the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize a lifetime achievement award given by the Poetry Foundation to a living U S poet that carries a 100 000 prize Espada was the first Latino recipient of the honor 7 About his first and subsequent visits to meet family in Puerto Rico Espada said it was absolutely transformative an absolute revelation a process of self discovery and that going there affirms you have a history His poem Coca Cola and Coco Frio is about that 8 In 2009 Espada performed in The People Speak a documentary feature film that uses dramatic and musical performances of the letters diaries and speeches of everyday Americans based on historian Howard Zinn s A People s History of the United States 9 In 2021 Espada won the National Book Award for Poetry for his poem Floaters about two migrants Oscar and his daughter Valeria who drowned crossing the Rio Grande at the U S Border 10 11 Espada is a professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst 12 and lives in Shelburne Falls Massachusetts Awards and honours EditMassachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship in Poetry 1984 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship 1986 PEN Revson Foundation Fellowship in Poetry 1989 Paterson Poetry Prize 1991 National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship 1992 Massachusetts Cultural Council Artist Grant 1996 National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist 1997 Before Columbus Foundation American Book Award 1997 Gustavus Myers Center Outstanding Book Award 1998 Pushcart Prize 1999 Independent Publisher Book Award 1999 Poet Laureate of Northampton Massachusetts 2001 Antonia Pantoja Award 2003 American Library Association Notable Book 2004 Robert Creeley Award 2004 13 Charity Randall Citation 2005 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship 2006 Pulitzer Prize Finalist 2007 San Francisco Chronicle Best Books 2007 Library Journal Best Poetry Books 2007 Paterson Award for Sustained Literary Achievement 2007 Premio Fronterizo 2007 National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Award 2008 USA Simon Fellowship 2010 Massachusetts Book Award 2012 Milt Kessler Poetry Book Award 2012 International Latino Book Award 2012 Walt Whitman Birthplace Poet in Residence 2012 Busboys and Poets Award 2014 Academy of American Poets Fellowship 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize 2018 14 National Book Award for Poetry 2021 15 16 Works EditBooks of poetry Edit The Immigrant Iceboy s Bolero Waterfront Press 1982 ISBN 9780943862330 Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction Bilingual Press 1987 ISBN 9780916950729 Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover s Hands Curbstone Press 1990 ISBN 9780915306954 City of Coughing and Dead Radiators W W Norton 1993 ISBN 9780393312171 Imagine the Angels of Bread Norton 1996 ISBN 9780393039160 A Mayan Astronomer in Hell s Kitchen Norton 2000 ISBN 9780393048889 Alabanza New and Selected Poems 1982 2002 W W Norton 2003 US 2004 UK The Republic of Poetry W W Norton 2006 ISBN 9780393069709 La Republica de la Poesia Mago Editores Chile 2007 Crucifixion in the Plaza de Armas Smokestack Books 2008 ISBN 9780955402814 La Tumba de Buenaventura Roig Terranova Editores Puerto Rico 2008 Soldados en el Jardin El Gaviero Ediciones Spain 2009 The Trouble Ball W W Norton 2011 ISBN 9780393080032 U S 2012 ISBN 9780393343564 UK Vivas to Those Who Have Failed W W Norton 2016 ISBN 9780393249033 Floaters Poems W W Norton 2021 ISBN 9780393541038Books of essays Edit Zapata s Disciple 2nd ed Northwestern University Press 2016 ISBN 9780810133853 Zapata s Disciple South End Press 1998 ISBN 9780896085893 Martin Espada Auf der Suche nach La Revolucion Agentur Machtwort Germany 2004 The Lover of a Subversive is Also a Subversive Essays and Commentaries University of Michigan Press 2010 ISBN 9780472051472 As editor Edit Poetry Like Bread Poets of the Political Imagination Curbstone 1994 El Coro A Chorus of Latino and Latina Poetry University of Massachusetts Press 1997 ISBN 9781558491113 Martin Espada His Hands Were Gentle Selected Lyrics of Victor Jara Smokestack UK 2012 What Saves Us Poems of Empathy and Outrage in the Age of Trump Northwestern University Press Curbstone 2019 In anthology Edit Ghost Fishing An Eco Justice Poetry Anthology University of Georgia Press 2018 ISBN 9780820353159 Seeds of Fire Contemporary Poetry from the Other U S A Smokestack Books ISBN 978 0955402821 See also EditList of Puerto Rican writers List of Puerto Ricans Puerto Rican literature Latino poetry The Saint Vincent de Paul Food Pantry StompReferences Edit a b El Andar Magazine El Andar Magazine Archived from the original on October 26 2021 Retrieved September 9 2022 Martin s own years of growing up in the 60s in the projects of East New York and later in the seemingly soft suburbs of Long Island where he was kicked around for being Puerto Rican Martin Espada Receives Inaugural Letras Boricuas Fellowship College of Humanities amp Fine Arts November 18 2021 Archived from the original on September 9 2022 Retrieved September 9 2022 Academy of American Poets profile Archived from the original on 2009 11 19 Retrieved 2010 03 27 Acclaimed Poet and Professor Martin Espada to Deliver Reading on May 2 UMass Amherst April 20 2022 Archived from the original on September 9 2022 Retrieved September 9 2022 Poetry Foundation profile Archived from the original on 2010 06 10 Retrieved 2010 05 13 Bill Moyers website Archived from the original on 2012 05 09 Retrieved 2012 05 09 Martin Espada awarded 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize poetryfoundation org Archived from the original on 2018 05 04 Retrieved 2018 05 03 Poet Martin Espada Fresh Air Archive Interviews with Terry Gross November 16 1993 Retrieved September 9 2022 The People Speak Archived 2010 07 13 at the Wayback Machine Floaters Martin Espada Pays Tribute to Salvadoran Father amp Daughter Who Drowned at U S Border YouTube January 16 2020 Archived from the original on May 26 2021 Retrieved September 9 2022 Poetry inspired by a viral photo of drowned migrants wins the National Book Award NPR org November 18 2021 Archived from the original on January 21 2022 Retrieved September 9 2022 Martin Espada uses poetry as a form of advocacy News April 8 2022 Archived from the original on May 3 2022 Retrieved September 9 2022 Robert Creeley Foundation Award Robert Creeley Award robertcreeleyfoundation org Archived from the original on 2017 08 03 Retrieved 2018 03 23 Martin Espada awarded 2018 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize poetryfoundation org Archived from the original on 2018 05 04 Retrieved 2018 05 03 National Book Awards 2021 National Book Foundation Archived from the original on November 17 2021 Retrieved November 17 2021 Andrews Meredith August 30 2022 National Book Foundation Announces 2022 Fall Season of NBF Presents National Book Foundation Archived from the original on September 7 2022 Retrieved September 9 2022 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Martin Espada Wikimedia Commons has media related to Martin Espada Works by or about Martin Espada in libraries WorldCat catalog The People Speak at IMDb Martin Espada Official site Martin Espada Papers Amherst College Archives and Special Collections Martin Espada at Modern American Poetry Martin Espada Poems and Profile at Poets org People s History Commemoration of Howard Zinn s 100th Anniversary featuring Martin Espada hosted by the Zinn Education Project Portals Puerto Rico Biography Literature Poetry Hispanic and Latino Americans Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Martin Espada amp oldid 1132161030, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
