martin espada is the first latino poet to win the award since its inception in 1986. it comes with a $100,000 prize. the editor of poetry magazine said, "martin espada's work and life tell the real and lived story of america, in which the importance of poems and legal rights go hand in hand." this is martin espada, reciting part of his poem "how we could have lived or died this way," about resistance to police brutality in the united states. marching,he rebels hands of phrase before the riot squads, faces in bandannas against the tear gas, and i walk to sign them on scene. i see the poets who will write the songs of insurrection generations unborn will read or hear a century from now, words that make them wonder how we could have lived or died this way, how the descendents of slaves still fled, and the descendents of slaves catchers still shot them, how we awoke every morning without the blood of the dead sweating from every pore. amy: that's acclaimed "people's poet" martin espada, who has become the first latino poet to win the prestigious 2018 ruth lilly poetry pri