However, he is aghast that these days most of the young cops drink iced tea or light beer, both of which he finds exceedingly vile, causing him to obsessively fume with Hamlet that, 'The time is out of joint. Martín Espada is one of the most important poets of his generation, and with good reason,” said UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble R.

Vintage Espada—essential, topical, political, irrepressible; in his poems mercy acquires muscle and close attention confers value—reminding us that protest and praise rise from the same source. These occur when the fibers in the vitreous do not break as it is shrinking and pull violently on the retina. If you don’t remember, don’t know, or don’t care about sailing and the America’s Cup, Floaters will probably be of no interest to you even though it’s a cop novel. Floaters offers exuberant odes and defiant elegies, songs of protest and songs of love from one of the essential voices in American poetry.The poems have been described by reviewers as “both sardonic and breathtaking” and “a work of grace-laden defiance. University of Massachusetts Amherst English professor and poet Martín Espada has won the National Book Award for his book “Floaters,” a collection of poetry that runs from scathing socio-political commentary to homages of family and love. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times Book Review, Harper’s, The Nation, and The Best American Poetry. Espada notes several cultural references, often of a historical nature, to enhance the rendering of the immigrant experience. Floaters by Martín Espada has already accumulated a number of awards including the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize and is a National Book Award Winner.

The president flips rolls of paper towels to a crowd at a church in Guaynabo, Zeus lobbing thunderbolts on the locked ward of his delusions. I would have a story to tell, not a story where I play all the parts with all the voices, only to learn that you’ve heard the story a dozen times before. Other poems in Espada's book include a meditation on his wife's concussion and imagining love songs from the point of view of a kraken and a Galápagos tortoise. He is a shining light in the arts and humanities on our campus, and his extraordinary writing and commitment to social justice is an inspiration throughout the world.The greatest concern with vitreous floaters is the potential for related retinal pathology that is sight-threatening. This is a collection of mostly prose poetry where most of the pieces are political with no rhyme or meter.