Zapata's Disciple

Zapata's Disciple
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Publisher : Northwestern University Press
Total Pages : 157
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ISBN-10 : 9780810133860
ISBN-13 : 0810133865
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Book Synopsis Zapata's Disciple by : Martín Espada

Download or read book Zapata's Disciple written by Martín Espada and published by Northwestern University Press. This book was released on 2016-10-15 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

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