{"product_id":"the-trouble-ball-poems-9780393343564","title":"The Trouble Ball: Poems","description":"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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e from The Trouble Ball\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eOn my father's island, there were hurricanes and tuberculosis, dissidents in jail\u003cbr\u003e and baseball. The loudspeakers boomed: Satchel Paige pitching for the Brujos\u003cbr\u003e of Guayama. From the Negro Leagues he brought the gifts of Baltasar the King;\u003cbr\u003e from a bench on the plaza he told the secrets of a thousand pitches: The Trouble Ball, \u003cbr\u003e The Triple Curve, The Bat Dodger, The Midnight Creeper, The Slow Gin Fizz, \u003cbr\u003e The Thoughtful Stuff. Pancho Coímbre hit rainmakers for the Leones of Ponce;\u003cbr\u003e Satchel sat the outfielders in the grass to play poker, windmilled three pitches\u003cbr\u003e to the plate, and Pancho spun around three times. He couldn't hit The Trouble Ball.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-13297102\"\u003eMartín Espada\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/04\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 68\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.40w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780393343564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0393343561\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POE\"\u003ePoetry\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POE005010\"\u003eAmerican | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"W. W. Norton \u0026 Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42681709068525,"sku":"9780393343564","price":18.12,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_a3c46825-b76a-460e-819f-45dfef6d7cc5.jpg?v=1649711940","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-trouble-ball-poems-9780393343564","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}