Description: Poems in English and Spanish that discuss what it means to be Puerto Rican in the United States today.
Review Quotes: "Espada is a responsible and caring poet with a talent that equals his task." --Gary Soto, Small Press
"Without ever relying on abstractions such as 'racism' or 'poverty', [Martín Espada] brings the reader face to face with these conditions by showing us the human tissue these terms so often mask." --Bloomsbury Review