Jailbreak of Sparrows: Poems

"The poems in Jailbreak of Sparrows are about the ways in which the ordinary becomes monumental: portraits of loved ones, politically-charged meditations, and tributes to the unsung. Moving from his upbringing in New York City and his work as a legal aid in Boston, to the chapters that are still being written, time crystallizes within Espada's Whitmanesque lines, and brings the world - with all of its tenderness, wit, and violence - into focus"--