Moyers & Company. Examining Life Through Verse
Description
A one-time lawyer and advocate, award-winning poet Martín Espada has published more than 15 books of poems, translations, and essays, including his latest poetry collection, The Trouble Ball. In this edition of Moyers & Company, Espada joins Bill to examine life through verse, using "Litany at the Tomb of Frederick Douglass" as a springboard.
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34 min
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Date of Publication
[2013], c2013
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