A review by nycsquirrel
Vivas to Those Who Have Failed: Poems by Martín Espada

5.0

I heard Martin Espada speak on a Puerto Rican panel at the PEN World Voices Festival and knew I needed to read his work. This collection provides eulogies to revolutionaries who found a short life to their important work, and to his father who inspired his son and community. Espada's words are grounded and yet flow with an elegance befitting the respect given to lives lost.