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Born in Brooklyn of Puerto Rican parents and formerly a tenant lawyer in Boston, writes a socially aware poetry which from the outset has marked his identification with the Spanish-speaking migrant in America. | The Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry | Credo Reference (Library Database)

A biography of essayist Martín Espada. Topics discussed include his education in law at Northeastern University in Boston, Massachusetts on a full scholarship, his career of poetry with political activism; and his first book of poetry The Immigration Iceboy's Bolero with his father's photographs. | Literary Biographies. 2019, p1-2. | Literature Reference Plus (Library Database)

PDF Link. The article gives detailed account of only walk off inside the park grand slam in baseball history by baseball player, Roberto Clemente of baseball team, Pittsburgh Pirates on July 25, 1956. It states that Mr. Clemente overlooked the stop sign by his team manager, Booby Bragan and walked of from the field when he scored winning home run against baseball team, Chicago Cubs. It mentions views of baseball player, Jim Brosnan of Chicago Cubs and sports writer, Bruce Markusen on the events.| Massachusetts Review. Summer2015, Vol. 56 Issue 2, p249-255. | Literary Reference Center Plus (EBSCO) (Library Database)

PDF Link. This essay offers criticism of the work of Puerto Rican poets including Julia de Burgos, Clemente Soto Vélez and Juan Antonia Corretjer. The author discusses the social and political conditions in Puerto Rico during the 20th century, the political aspects of poetry by these writers, and the imperialism imposed on Puerto Rico by the U.S. Works discussed include the books "La Tierra Prometida" and "The Wooden Horse" by Soto Vélez and the poem "Obao-Moin" by Corretjer. | Massachusetts Review. Autumn2010, Vol. 51 Issue 3, p510-529. 20p. | MasterFILE Complete (EBSCO) (Library Database)

PDF Link. A personal narrative is presented in which the author explores his experiences during 2012, including undergoing abdominal surgeries at Cooley Dickinson Hospital in Northampton, Massachusetts, watching the professional baseball player David Ortiz (Big Papi) on television and being bedridden. | Massachusetts Review. Winter2013, Vol. 54 Issue 4, p572-576 | Literature Reference Center Plus (Library Database)

The river's belly swirls shards of bone gnawed by water.
The river is deaf after centuries of pummeling the rocks....
| Southwest Review; 2000 Special Issue, Vol. 85 Issue 3, p338, 3p | Poetry and Short Story Reference Center (Library Database)

We heard about the memo: legal aid lawyers had to ask for papers,
a green card, policing what the law called illegal aliens, as if they
had antennae sprouting from their heads and searching the air,
sputtering in tongues from another planet, choking on oxygen.
| Poetry. Oct2022, Vol. 221 Issue 1, p25-25 | Literature Reference Center Plus (Library Databse)