Download Now the Dead Will Dance the Mambo: The Poems of Martin Espada AudioBook Free
Referred to as "the main 'minority' U.S. poet since Langston Hughes" (Booklist), Martin Espada has entranced hundres of audiences across the country, at college or university campuses, prisons, churches, a good tortilla factory and a boxing gym, but Now the Dead Will Dance the Mambo is his first sound assortment of poems. Many of these poems arise from his Puerto Rican heritage and his work experiences, ranging from bouncer to tenant lawyer. Poems heard here include "Imagine the Angels of Bread", his celebration of political imagination; "En la calle San Sebastian", a bilingual evocation of the music taken to Puerto Rico by the slaves from Africa; "Thanksgiving", a satirical non-ode to this national holiday; and "Albanza: In Praise of Local 100", his tribute to the food service personnel who lost their lives in the attack on the earth Trade Center. Recorded both live and in the studio, this recording demonstates plainly why Sandra Cisneros calls Martin Espada "the Pablo Neruda of North American authors".
