A Mayan Astronomer in Hell’s Kitchen

In his 6th collection, American Book Award winner Martin Espada has created a poetic mural. There are conquerors, slaves and rebels from Caribbean history; the Mayan Astronomer calmly smoking a cigarette in the middle of a New York tenement fire; a nun staging a White House vigil to protest her torture; and a man on death row mourning the loss of his books.