Zapata's Disciple: Essays

Synopsis

The Ferocious Acumen With Which The Award-winning Poet Martín Espada Attacks Issues Of Social Injustice In Zapata's Disciple Makes It No Surprise That The Book Has Been The Subject Of Bans In Both Arizona And Texas, Targeted For Its Presence In The Mexican American Studies Curriculum Of Tucson's Schools And For Its Potential To Incite A Riot Among Texas Prison Populations. This New Edition Of Zapata's Disciple, Which Won The 1999 Independent Publisher Book Award For Essay / Creative Nonfiction, Opens With An Introduction In Which The Author Chronicles This History Of Censorship And Continues His Lifelong Fight For Freedom Of Expression. A Dozen Of Espada's Poems, Tender And Wry As They Are Powerful, Interweave With Essays That Address The Denigration Of The Spanish Language By American Cultural Arbiters, Castigate Nike For The Exploitation Of Its Workers, Reflect Upon National Public Radio's Censorship Of Espada's Poem About Mumia Abu-jamal, And More. Zapata's Disciple Is A Potent Assault On The Continued Marginalization Of Latinos And Other Poor And Working-class Citizens In American Society, And The Collection Breathes With A Revolutionary Zeal That Is As Relevant Now As When It Was First Published. -- Publisher's Description Another Bomb Threat In Tucson : An Introduction To The New Edition -- Zapata's Disciple -- Zapata's Disciple And Perfect Brie -- Postcard From The Empire Of Queen Ixolib -- Argue Not Concerning God -- The Puerto Rican Dummy And The Merciful Son -- Dispatches -- Viva Puerto Rico Gratis? : The Painful Patience Of A Colony At The Close Of The Twentieth Century -- The New Bathroom Policy At English High School : Dispatches From The Language Wars -- Multiculturalism In The Year Of Columbus And Rodney King -- Poetry Like Bread -- Poetry Like Bread : Poets Of The Political Imagination -- The Good Liar Meets His Executioners : The Evolution Of A Poem -- The Poetics Of Commerce : The Nike Poetry Slam -- All Things Censored : The Poem Npr Doesn't Want You To Hear. Martín Espada ; With A New Introduction By The Author. Originally Published In 1998 By South End Press--title Page Verso. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.