The Republic of Poetry
Poems
2 May 2008
Description
The eighth collection by "the Pablo Neruda of North American authors" (Sandra Cisneros) was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer Prize.
In his eighth collection of poems, Martín Espada celebrates the power of poetry itself. The Republic of Poetry is a place of odes and elegies, collective memory and hidden history, miraculous happenings and redemptive justice. Here poets return from the dead, visit in dreams, even rent a helicopter to drop poems on bookmarks.
Awards
Shortlisted — Pulitzer Prize, 2007
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"An astonishing collection of political poetry at its finest."—The Progressive, Favorite Books of 2004
