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The Trouble Ball: Poems, Martin Espada
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 0393343561
- EAN
- 9780393343564
- Date of Publication
- 20121204
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Type
- Paperback
- Release Title
- The Trouble Ball: Poems
- Artist
- Martin Espada
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- N/A
- Colour
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About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Norton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-10
0393343561
ISBN-13
9780393343564
eBay Product ID (ePID)
114162751
Product Key Features
Book Title
Trouble Ball : Poems
Number of Pages
68 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Topic
General, American / General
Genre
Poetry
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.3 in
Item Weight
3.5 Oz
Item Length
8.3 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
TitleLeading
The
Reviews
Espada's avuncular charm--his warm, earnest, sly voice--finds intimacy in the lives of public figures and emblematic weight in his own stories . . . playful, earthy, both welcoming and 'roaring' its vision of inclusion and fairness. . . . [T]he book enacts this ethos beautifully.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
811/.54
Synopsis
In this new collection of poems, Martín Espada crosses the borderlands of epiphany and blasphemy: from a pilgrimage to the tomb of Frederick Douglass to an encounter with the swimming pool at a center of torture and execution in Chile, from the adolescent discovery of poet Omar Khayyám to the death of an "illegal" Mexican immigrant. from "The Trouble Ball" On my father's island, there were hurricanes and tuberculosis, dissidents in jail and baseball. The loudspeakers boomed: Satchel Paige pitching for the Brujos of Guayama. From the Negro Leagues he brought the gifts of Baltasar the King; from a bench on the plaza he told the secrets of a thousand pitches: The Trouble Ball, The Triple Curve, The Bat Dodger, The Midnight Creeper, The Slow Gin Fizz, The Thoughtful Stuff. Pancho Coímbre hit rainmakers for the Leones of Ponce; Satchel sat the outfielders in the grass to play poker, windmilled three pitches to the plate, and Pancho spun around three times. He couldn't hit The Trouble Ball., from "The Trouble Ball" On my father's island, there were hurricanes and tuberculosis, dissidents in jail and baseball. The loudspeakers boomed: Satchel Paige pitching for the Brujos of Guayama. From the Negro Leagues he brought the gifts of Baltasar the King; from a bench on the plaza he told the secrets of a thousand pitches: The Trouble Ball, The Triple Curve, The Bat Dodger, The Midnight Creeper, The Slow Gin Fizz, The Thoughtful Stuff. Pancho Co mbre hit rainmakers for the Leones of Ponce; Satchel sat the outfielders in the grass to play poker, windmilled three pitches to the plate, and Pancho spun around three times. He couldn't hit The Trouble Ball., EXCERPT: On my father's island, there were hurricanes and tuberculosis, dissidents in jail and baseball. The loudspeakers boomed: Satchel Paige pitching for the Brujo of Guayama. From the Negro Leagues he brought the gifts of Baltasar the King from a bench on the plaza he told the secrets of a thousand pitches: The Trouble Ball The Triple Curve, The Bat Dodger, The Midnight Creeper, The Slow Gin Fizz The Thoughtful Stuff. Pancho Coimbre hit rainmakers for the Leones of Ponce Satchel sat the outfielders in the grass to play poker, windmilled three pitche to the plate, and Pancho spun around three times., "[An] important work . . . inspiring its readers to greater human connection and to keep fighting the good fight."--The Rumpus
LC Classification Number
PS3555.S53
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- z***z (160)- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthVerified purchaseThe book was in great condition and arrived on time. Thank you.
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