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WORDS ON A WIRE: Martín Espada

***Originally Broadcasted on October 2, 2016***

Martín Espada is a poet and teaches poetry at the University of Massachusetts  Amherst.  His latest collection of poems is "Vivas to Those Who Have Failed," and he reads a number of poems from the collection on the program.  He also talks about his documentary photographer father's influence on his life and work, and about the historical events that make their way into his poems.

http://www.martinespada.net/

Aired July 9, 2017

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