Martin Espada Papers, 1957-2006
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Martin Espada Papers
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12 records storage boxes, 1 oversize flat box, 3 tape storage boxes
Espada, Martin (b. 1957)
Biographical History for: Martin Espada Papers
Biographical Note Poet and educator Martín Espada was born in 1957 in Brooklyn, New York. He received his B.A. degree in history from the University of Wisconsin (1981) and a J.D. degree from Northeastern University School of Law (1985). He is currently (2003) a Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, where he teaches courses in creative writing, Latino poetry and the work of Pablo Neruda. Espada has written extensively on the plight of Latinos in the United States and is an outspoken advocate for social justice in Latin America. Espada's father Frank Espada was a leader in the Puerto Rican community and in the U.S. civil rights movement. Martín Espada's published collections of poetry include: The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero (1982), Trumpets from the Islands of their Eviction (1987), Rebellion Is the Circle of a Lover's Hands (1990; winner of the PEN/Revson Fellowship and the Paterson Poetry Prize), City of Coughing and Dead Radiators (1993), Imagine the Angels of Bread (1996; winner of the American Book Award), A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen (2000) and Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 (2003). A book of essays, Zapata's Disciple (1998), received an Independent Publisher Book Award. He is the editor of two anthologies: Poetry Like Bread: Poets of the Political Imagination from Curbstone Press (1994), and El Coro: A Chorus of Latino and Latina Poetry (1997), winner of a Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award. Other honors include a Massachusetts Artists' Foundation Fellowship, a Massachusetts Cultural Council Grant, and two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. In 2001, he was named the first Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts. Martín Espada married Katherine Gilbert in 1988. The couple has one son, Klemente Gilbert-Espada.
Scope and Contents of the Collection The Papers contain correspondence, poetry manuscripts and galley proofs, news clippings, contracts, posters, notebooks, photographs, video and audio recordings, and other materials documenting the literary career, personal life and social activism (1957-2006) of poet and University of Massachusetts Amherst professor Martín Espada. They also include manuscript drafts, background research material and reviews related to translations of Espada's poetry into Spanish and other languages, as well as translations by Espada himself of poetry in Spanish.
American literature--Hispanic American authors.
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Hispanic Americans--Civil rights.
Espada, Martín, 1957-
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University of Massachusetts at Amherst--Faculty.
series
SERIES 1: BOOKS, 1982-2006
Series 1, BOOKS, 1982-2003, includes manuscript drafts, galley proofs, correspondence, contracts, promotional materials and reviews related to Espada's published books. Arranged chronologically by the author's work and then by format.
The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero - miscellaneous documents 1982-1988
The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero - reviews 1982-1985
The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero - correspondence 1982-1987
Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - first drafts of poems 1983-1985
Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - contract 1986
Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - original manuscript 1987
Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - folded galleys 1987
Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - production and promotion 1987
Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - correspondence 1987-1992
Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - royalties, invoices, permissions 1987-1988
Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - reviews 1988-1992
Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - second edition galleys 1994
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - first drafts of poems 1988-1989
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - correspondence re: poems in journals and anthologies 1988-1992
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - contract 1989
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - correspondence from Espada to publisher 1989-1992
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - general correspondence 1989-1995
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - cover 1990
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - original manuscript 1990
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - production and promotion 1990-1991
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - reviews 1990-1994
Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - royalties, invoices, permissions 1990-1999
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - poems in journals and anthologies 1991-1997
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - original 1992
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - correspondence 1992-1994
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - general correspondence 1992-1994
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - contract 1993
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - master galleys (first pass) 1993
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - galleys 1993
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - cover 1993
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - production and promotion 1993-1994
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - reviews 1993-1995
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - correspondence with publisher 1993-1996
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - royalties 1993-1996
City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - permissions 1994-2000
Poetry Like Bread - correspondence from Espada to publisher 1993-1994
Poetry Like Bread - production and promotion 1993-1996
Poetry Like Bread - cover 1994
Poetry Like Bread - reviews 1994-1997
Poetry Like Bread - general correspondence 1994-1999
Poetry Like Bread - teachers' guide 1996
Imagine the Angels of Bread - poem 1994
Imagine the Angels of Bread - correspondence re: poems in journals and anthologies 1994-1998
Imagine the Angels of Bread - contract 1995
Imagine the Angels of Bread - galleys 1995
Imagine the Angels of Bread - correspondence from Espada to publisher 1995
Imagine the Angels of Bread - publisher correspondence 1995-1997
Imagine the Angels of Bread - production and promotion 1995-1996
Imagine the Angels of Bread - reviews 1996-1997
Imagine the Angels of Bread - general correspondence 1996-1998
Imagine the Angels of Bread - royalties 1996-2001
Imagine the Angels of Bread - permissions 1998-2000
Zapata's Disciple - essays in journals and anthologies 1994-1998
Zapata's Disciple - contract 1996
Zapata's Disciple - correspondence with publisher, royalties 1996-1999
Zapata's Disciple - bound galleys 1998
Zapata's Disciple - cover and postcard 1998
Zapata's Disciple - production and promotion 1998
Zapata's Disciple - general correspondence 1998-1999
Zapata's Disciple - reviews 1998-2000
Zapata's Disciple - censorship - Texas Department of Criminal Justice 2000
El Coro - original manuscript 1996-1997
El Coro - permissions 1996-1997
El Coro - cover of The Massachusetts Review 1997
El Coro - reviews 1997-1998
El Coro - publisher correspondence and royalties 1997-2001
El Coro - general correspondence 1998
A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - correspondence re: poems in journals and anthologies 1996-2000
A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - contract 1999
A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - galleys 1999
A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - publisher correspondence, royalties 1999-2001
A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - general correspondence 1999-2001
A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - reviews 2000-2002
A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - promotion 2000-2001
Alabanza (poem) - background material 2001-2002
Alabanza (poem) - etymology 2002
Alabanza (poem) - NewsHour (PBS) interview 2002
Alabanza (poem) - publication and articles 2002-2003
Alabanza (poem) - correspondence 2002-2003
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - correspondence re: poems in journals and anthologies 2000-2002
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - contract 2001
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - master galleys (third pass) 2002
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - correspondence from publisher 2003
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - production and promotion 2003
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - cover 2003
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - general correspondence 2003
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - royalties 2003
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - reviews 2003
Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - New York Times Book Review and letters 2003
The Republic of Poetry - press release, readings schedule 2006
Series 2: AWARDS AND HONORS, 1983-2003
Series 2, AWARDS AND HONORS, 1983-2003, includes correspondence, press releases, newspaper and magazine articles, contracts and other materials documenting Espada's various literary and cultural awards and honors. Arranged chronologically.
Community Radio Award - National Federation of Community Broadcasters 1983
Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship 1984-1985
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1986
Boston Contemporary Writers Award 1988-1990
PEN/ Revson Fellowship 1989-1990
Open Voice Poetry Award from The Writer's Voice 1990
Paterson Poetry Prize 1991
Artist in Residence - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 1991-1992
National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship 1992
Lilly Foundation Teaching Fellowship 1994-1995
Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists Grant 1996
Best American Poetry - "Rednecks" and "Sleeping on the Bus" 1996-1998
American Book Award - Imagine the Angels of Bread 1997
National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist) - Imagine the Angels of Bread 1997
Gustavus Myers Award - El Coro 1998
Independent Publisher Book Award ("Ippy") - Zapata's Disciple 1999
Miscellaneous Finalist Awards - A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen 2001
Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts 2002
Paterson Poetry Prize (finalist) - reading with Stanley Kunitz 2002
Antonia Pantoja Award 2003
Robert Creeley Award 2004
Series 3: EVENTS, 1985-2003
Series 3, EVENTS, 1985-2003, documents special seminars, conferences and celebrations related to Espada's literary career and interests. Also included are some materials on poetry readings; see also Series 8, Readings, Lectures, Workshops and Prose. Arranged chronologically.
Curbstone press events 1985-2001
Conference on Juan Antonio Corretjer 1986
Folger Shakespeare Library 1992
Joiner Center Writers' Workshop 1992-2002
Visit to Dickinson Homestead - photographs 1993
Clearwater Revival Festival 1994
92nd Street Y 1995
Smithsonian Institution 1996
Bomb threat, Tucson, Arizona 1996
Visit to Whitman House and Tomb - photographs 1997
Rosenbergs - Celebrate the Children of Resistance 1997-2000
Poetry for the People 1998-2002
People's Poetry Gathering 1999
Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Celebration 1999
Lorca Celebration 1999
Evocations - OPC Summer Institute, Columbia University 2000
Julia de Burgos Park - Inauguration 2001
Rubi Theater Company - Imagine the Angels of Bread 2001-2002
Rosenbergs - Celebrate the Children of Resistance 2003
Key West Literary Seminar 2003
Neruda Celebration 2003
Series 4: TRANSLATIONS, 1989-2003
Series 4, TRANSLATIONS, 1989-2003, includes manuscript drafts, background research material and reviews related to translations of Espada's poetry into Spanish and other languages, as well as translations by Espada himself of poetry in Spanish. Arranged chronologically.
Rebelión es el giro de manos del amante - first draft of Spanish translations (Pérez-Bustillo and Espada) 1989
Rebelión es el giro de manos del amante - manuscript of Spanish translations (Pérez-Bustillo and Espada) 1989
Rebelión es el giro de manos del amante - annotated manuscripts of Spanish translations I. (Pérez-Bustillo and Espada) 1989
Rebelión es el giro de manos del amante - annotated manuscripts of Spanish translations II. (Pérez-Bustillo and Espada) 1989
The Blood that Keeps Singing - first draft of English translations (Espada and Pérez-Bustillo) 1990
The Blood that Keeps Singing - annotated manuscript of English translations (Espada and Pérez-Bustillo) 1991
The Blood that Keeps Singing - original manuscript (Espada and Péres-Bustillo) 1991
The Blood that Keeps Singing: Selected Poems of Clemente SotoVélez - reviews (Espada and Pérez-Bustillo) 1991
The Blood that Keeps Singing: Selected Poems of Clemente SotoVélez - miscellaneous documents (Espada and Pérez-Bustillo) 1991-1996
Clemente SotoVélez - background 1993
Clemente SotoVélez - obituaries, memorials, elegies 1993-1994
Clemente SotoVélez - Espada elegy ("Hands Without Irons Become Dragonflies" in Bilingual Review) 1994
Essays and articles in Spanish on Espada 1989-2003
Translation into Spanish - from The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero (Translator: Jaime Pérez) 1982
Translation into Spanish - "Puerto Rican Autopsy" (Translator: Pedro López Adorno) 1990
Translation into Spanish - Poems in Nuevo Amanecer (Nicaragua) 1991-1995
Translation into Spanish - "When Songs Become Water" (in Diario Latino, El Salvador) 1991-1992
Translation into Spanish - "New Bathroom Policy at English High School" essay: (in Diálogo, Puerto Rico) 1996
Translation into Spanish - (unpublished) "Hands Without Irons Become Dragonflies" (Translator: Camilo Pérez-Bustillo) 1997
Translation into Spanish - "Zapata's Disciple and Perfect Brie": essay (Translator: Héctor Dominguez Rubalcava) 1998
Translation into Spanish - "Coca-Cola and Coco Frío" for Wáchale Anthology (Translator: Maribel Pintado-Espiet) 2001
Translation into Spanish - miscellaneous and unpublished (Translator: Maribel Pintado-Espiet) 2001
Translation into French - poems from Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover's Hands (Trs. Christine Fabre and Georges Hassoméris) 1994-1997
Translation into Galician - poems from Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction 1997
Translation into Thai - "Sleeping on the Bus" 1999
Auf der Such Nach La Revolución - German Selected Poetry and Prose: correspondence with publisher and translators 2002-2003
Auf der Such Nach La Revolución - German Selected Poetry and Prose: galleys (Trs. Eva Bourke, Reinhard Lerch, Claus-Ulrich Viol) 2003
Juan Antonio Corretjer poems- translations by Espada and Camilo Pérez-Bustillo (for Callallo) 1992
Migel Hernández Poem - Espada translation (for The Volunteer) 1999
Pablo Neruda Poems - Espada translations (for The Poetry of Pablo Neruda) 2003
Series 5: INTERNATIONAL, 1998-2003
Series 5, INTERNATIONAL, 1998-2003, brings together material related to Espada's foreign concerns and activities. Subjects include Puerto Rico (particularly the island of Vieques, which was used by the U.S. military as a practice bombing target), Cuba, Ireland and Mexico. Arranged by the name of the foreign country and then chronologically within each country.
Puerto Rico (University of Puerto Rico and National Association of Independent Schools Conference) 1998
Puerto Rico Editorial (1898-1998) 1998
Puerto Rico Editorial (1898-1998) - hate mail 1998
Puerto Rico Editorial (1898-1998) - correspondence with Peacework 1998
Vieques - background 1999-2000
Vieques Resolution - Press (Amherst, Northampton and Springfield) 1999-2000
Vieques Resolution - statement at Town Meeting to introduce resolution 1999
Vieques Resolution - Town Meeting, Article 21 (passed) 1999
Vieques Resolution - petitions 1999
Vieques Demonstration - statement 1999
"Viva Vieques" (essay) - The Progressive 2000
Vieques Resolution - panel at Grand Valley State University 2000
Vieques - statement/panel at University of Massachusetts Amherst 2001
Cuba - Writers of the Americas Conference 1999-2000
Ireland - Heinrich Böll Cottage - residency 1999-2000
Ireland - correspondence with John Deane 1999-2001
Ireland - Achill Island 2000
Ireland - Galway 2000
Ireland - Dublin 2000
Ireland - "Contemplation" (poem) and Thomas Patten Memorial, Achill Island 2000
Ireland - "Offering of Stones" (poem), Deserted Village, Achill Island 2000-2001
Ireland - "Sheep Haiku" (poem) 2000-2003
Ireland - poems by Klemente Gilbert-Espada written on Achill Island 2000
Mexico - Mexico City and Guadalajara 2001
Mexico - "Sing Zapatista" (poem) 2001-2002
Series 6: CORRESPONDENCE, 1983-2003
Series 6, CORRESPONDENCE, 1983-2003, comprises incoming and outgoing correspondence and e-mail printouts of both a professional and a personal nature. Correspondents include poets, writers, educators and social activists, including Edward Asner, Julia Alvarez, Philip Berrigan, Rafael Campo, Robert Creeley, Rita Dove, Marilyn Hacker, Donald Hall, Mark Jarman, Barbara Kingsolver, Galway Kinnell, Robert Pinsky, Adrienne Rich, Andrew Salkey, and Howard Zinn. Arranged alphabetically by correspondent.
Agüeros, Jack 1992-2003
Alarcón, Francisco 1990-1991
Alegría, Claribel 1990-1995
Alvarez, Julia 1993-2003
Asner, Ed 2000
Baraka, Amiri 1989
Berenson, Lori 2001
Berrigan Philip 1998
Brutus, Dennis 2001
Cambridge Human Rights Commission 1987
Campo, Rafael 2002-2003
Castillo, Ana, and Cherrie Moraga - legal correspondence 1988-1989
Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños 1997-1999
Cisneros, Sandra 1985-1990
Clingman, Stephen (Chair of University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of English) 1995
Colemen, Wanda 1997-1998
Community College of Philadelphia 1990
Creeley, Robert 1984-2003
Cruz, Víctor Hernández 1992
Cruz, Victor M. 1996
Davis, Ossie 1997
Díaz, Junot 1996-2003
Digital Corporation 1986
Dove, Rita 1987-1992
Edelberg, Cynthia, and University of Alabama Press 1995
Esteves, Sandra Maria 1986-2003
Forché, Carolyn 1990-2000
Franzen, Cola 1992-2003
Galeano, Eduardo 1991-2002
González, David (New York Times Caribbean and Central American Bureau Chief) 2002-2003
Hacker, Marilyn 1992-1995
Hall, Donald 1990-2003
Hirsch, Edward 2000-2003
Jarman, Mark 1994-2001
Jordan, June 1984-1998
Kennedy, Senator Edward 1986
Kinnell, Galway 1998-2003
Kingsolver, Barbara - incoming correspondence 1998-2002
Kingsolver, Barbara - outgoing correspondence 1999
Louis, Adrian 1993-1996
Márquez, Roberto 1992-2003
Moraga, Cherrie
Morales, Rick Kearns 1991-1995
Nichols, John 1998-2003
Olsen, Kristina (9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows) 2002
Ortíz, Sister Dianna 1996-1999
Osheroff, Abe (Veteran, Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Spanish Civil War) - incoming correspondence 1998-2003
Osheroff, Abe (Veteran, Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Spanish Civil War) - outgoing correspondence 1998-2003
Pawlak, Mark (Hanging Loose) 1989
Piercy, Marge, and Ira Wood 1991-2003
Pinsky, Robert 2001
Rich, Adrienne 1996-1998
Rivera, Louis Reyes 1986
Salisbury, Luke 1990-1996
Salkey, Andrew 1985-1991
Santiago, Esmeralda 1997
Soto, Gary 1990-2003
Soto Vélez, Clemente 1989
Stavans, Ilan 1992-2003
Vernon-Jones, Russ (Principal, Fort River School, Amherst, Mass.) - outgoing correspondence 2001-2003
Villanueva, Tino 1983
Welch, Clifford (Professor, Grand Valley State University) 2000
Wood, Ira
Zinn, Howard 2000-2003
Series 7: CONTROVERSIES, 1995-2003
Series 7, CONTROVERSIES, 1995-2003, documents controversial political issues, events and organizations in which Espada was involved, including the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal (1995-2000), the Nike Poetry Slam (1997-2002), censorship, Poets for Peace (2001-2002), and Poets Against the War (2003). Arranged chronologically.
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - benefit events for Mumia Abu-Jamal 1995-1999
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - "All Things Censored" Essay 1997
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem in The Progressive magazine 1997
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - press reports and commentaries 1997-1998
Mumia Abu-Jamal Poems - Index on Censorship (England) 1997-1998
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - interviews 1997-1998
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - general correspondence 1997-1999
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - incoming and outgoing correspondence with National Public Radio 1997-2000
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - PEN 1998
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - Correspondence from Mumia Abu-Jamal 1998-2001
Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - "Prisoner AM-8335" (essay) 2000
Nike Poetry Slam - correspondence with Nike advertising agency 1997
"Nike Poetry Slam: The Poetics of Commerce" (essay) 1998
Nike Poetry Slam - press 1999-1999
Nike Poetry Slam - correspondence with Harper's 1998
Nike Poetry Slam - general correspondence 1998-2002
Censorship - Chicago Public Schools 1999
Poets for Peace- Northampton, Massachusetts 2001
Poets for Peace- New York City 2002 Jan
Forbidden Words - PEN event 2002
Poets Against the War- Espada-Hamill correspondence 2003
Poets Against the War- anthology (Espada contribution) 2003
Poets Against the War- miscellaneous correspondence 2003
Poets Against the War - "Poems Not Fit for the White House" 2003
Poets Against the War- New York Times advertisement 2003
Poets Against the War- Poetry Against the War Day 2003
Poets Against the War- Hampshire College event 2003
Series 8: READINGS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, 1982-2003
Series 8, READINGS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS, 1982-2003, documents Espada's poetry readings, speeches, lectures and writing workshops. Arranged chronologically.
Readings, lectures and workshops 1982
Readings, lectures and workshops 1983
Readings, lectures and workshops 1984
Readings, lectures and workshops 1985
Readings, lectures and workshops 1986
Readings, lectures and workshops 1987
Readings, lectures and workshops 1988
Readings, lectures and workshops 1989
Readings, lectures and workshops 1990
Readings, lectures and workshops 1991
Readings, lectures and workshops 1992
Readings, lectures and workshops 1993
Readings, lectures and workshops 1994 Jan-Jun
Readings, lectures and workshops 1994 Jul-Dec
Readings, lectures and workshops 1995 Jan-Jun
Readings, lectures and workshops 1995 Jul-Dec
Readings, lectures and workshops 1996 Jan-Jun
Readings, lectures and workshops 1996 Jul-Dec
Readings, lectures and workshops 1997 Jan-Jun
Readings, lectures and workshops 1997 Jul-Dec
Readings, lectures and workshops 1998 Jan-Jun
Readings, lectures and workshops 1998 Jul-Dec
Readings, lectures and workshops 1999 Jan-Jun
Readings, lectures and workshops 1999 Jul-Dec
Readings, lectures and workshops 2000 Jan-Jun
Readings, lectures and workshops 2000 Jul-Dec
Readings, lectures and workshops 2001 Jan-Jun
Readings, lectures and workshops 2001 Jul-Dec
Readings, lectures and workshops 2002 Jan-Jun
Readings, lectures and workshops 2002 Jul-Dec
Readings, lectures and workshops 2003 Jan-Jun
Series 9: MISCELLANEOUS WORKS BY AND ABOUT ESPADA, 1984-2003
Series 9, MISCELLANEOUS WORKS BY AND ABOUT ESPADA, 1984-2003, includes articles, essays and public addresses written by Espada, introductions of other poets, special issues of journals edited by Espada, and articles and essays about Espada's work.
See also: Edward J. Carvalho, "Puerto Rican radical: the effects of neoliberalism on the life and work of Martín Espada." Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2011. Amherst College Archives & Special Collections, call number [x PS3555.S53 Z537 2011].
Essays, interviews, articles on Espada 1984-1996
Misc. early essays 1986-1992
Latino supplement (editor) of Hanging Loose magazine - original manuscript 1988
Correspondence re: Hanging Loose Latino supplement 1988
Forché, Carolyn - introduction of, at Brighton Public Library 1988
Essay on Juan Antonio Corretejer in Boston for Poetry Society of America 1990
Contracts with agents 1991-1997
Callaloo: Puerto Rican Literature, editor with Juan Flores 1992
"Mexican Farmworker" broadside (Mad River Press) 1992
Commencement address - New England Farmworker Council 1993
National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Panelist 1993-1994
Salkey, Andrew - tributes 1995
"Sleeping on the Bus" (poem) 1995-1999
"The Foreman's Wallet" (poem in Harper's) 1996
"The Owl and the Lightning" (poem) 1996-2003
Essay on Pablo Neruda for Luna, Luna Anthology 1997
Commencement address - El Puente 1997
Essays, interviews and articles on Espada 1997-2003
"Irony and Humor in Poetry" - lecture 1998
Cardenal, Ernesto - introductions of at Smith and Hartford 1998-2002
Commencement address - Pitzer College 1999
Commencement address - Capitol Technical Community College 1999
"Ezequiel" (poem) - publication and background 2000
Anderson, Doug - introduction at Food for Thought Books 2000
Commencement address - Centro del Cardenal 2000
Thesis on Espada by Carlos Martínez for Master of Fine Arts at Antioch University Los Angeles 2000
"En la calle San Sebastián" (poem) 2001
Hoagland, Everett - foreword to Here-: New and Selected Poems 2001
Meeropol, Robert Introduction of at University of Massachusetts 2002
"Not Words But Hands" (poem) 2003
Agueros, Jack - essay on, for Gale Anthology 2003
Commencement address - Hampshire College 2003
Series 10: NOTEBOOKS, 1986-2003
Series 10, NOTEBOOKS, 1986-2003, contain Espada's personal daily notes to himself, including research notes; notes for poems and some poem drafts; notes for planning classes and workshops; and more mundane notes such as grocery lists and "to do" lists. Arranged chronologically.
Notebook no. 1 1986-1992
Notebook no. 2 1987
Notebook no. 3 1987-1988
Notebook no. 4 1988-1989
Notebook no. 5 1989
Notebook no. 6 1990
Notebook no. 7 1990-1992
Notebook no. 8 1991
Notebook no. 9 1991-1992
Notebook no. 10 1992
Notebook no. 11 1996-1998
Notebook no. 12 1996-1998
Notebook no. 13 1998
Notebook no. 14 1998
Notebook no. 15 1998
Notebook no. 16 1999
Notebook no. 17 1999-2000
Notebook no. 18 2001
Notebook no. 19 2002
Notebook no. 20 2003
Series 11: PERSONAL AFFAIRS, 1957-2003
Series 11, PERSONAL AFFAIRS, 1957-2003, includes a wide variety of personal material, including juvenilia (childhood drawings, writings, and family photographs); early academic work; unpublished poetry and prose; a copy of his high school's literary magazine, The Inquiry, in which Espada's writing was first published; papers relating to his teaching at Suffolk University Law School and the University of Massachusetts Amherst; the photograph catalog of his father, Frank Espada ("The Puerto Rican Diaspora," 1989); poems by his son, Klemente Gilbert-Espada; and materials documenting a 2003 exhibition of art by his wife, Katherine Gilbert-Espada. Arranged by person, then chronologically.
subseries
Sub-Series A: Martín Espada and Frank Espada (father)
Juvenilia - photograph album 1957-1959
Juvenilia - Espada family photographs 1957-1963
Juvenilia - preschool drawings 1962
Juvenilia - drawings 1963
Juvenilia - school papers - Brooklyn, New York 1967-1969
Juvenilia - drawings on flyers and stationery 1964-1969
Juvenilia - drawings (history and mythology) 1966-1969
Juvenilia - illustrated stories 1966-1969
Juvenilia - drawings of boxing and baseball 1967-1968
Juvenilia - Espada family photographs (by Frank Espada) 1968-1988
Unpublished poems 1974-1991
Unpublished prose - humor 1974-1999
The Inquiry - first publication in literary journal 1974
High School diploma 1975
High school and undergraduate papers 1975-1976
Wedding poem 1988
Miscellaneous photographs (Espada) 1988-2000
Espada, Frank (father) photography catalog - The Puerto Rican Diaspora 1989
Community events 1983-2002
Su Clínica Legal - Tenant Law (course taught by Espada) 1987-1993
Su Clínica Legal - Housing Manual 1992
Bankruptcy and foreclosure 1993
University of Massachusetts - employment - English Dept. 1992-1997
University of Massachusetts - curriculum vitae for tenure review 1996
University of Massachusetts - course syllabi 2000-2003
Sub-Series B: Klemente Gilbert-Espada (son)
Poems by Klemente Gilbert-Espada (son) 2000-2003
Richard III - Production with Klemente Gilbert-Espada 2003
A Midsummer Night's Dream - Production with Klemente Gilbert-Espada and Martín Espada; set design by Katherine Gilbert-Espada (wife) 2003
Sub-Series C: Katherine Gilbert-Espada (wife)
Monsters at the Edge of the World - art exhibition by Katherine Gilbert-Espada 2003
Series 12: VIDEO RECORDINGS, 1984-2003
Series 12, VIDEO RECORDINGS, 1984-2003, contains 30 videotapes of television broadcasts featuring Espada interviews and readings. (Tapes are in VHS format unless another format is indicated.) Arranged chronologically.
"3 Poetas Puertoriqueños" (U-Matic) [1984]
WNEV (Boston): Revista no. 11 (U-Matic) 1988 Jan 10
Arizona State University Hispanic Research Center: Inaugural Symposia - interviews with Aristeo Brito, Ana Castillo and Martín Espada 1988 Feb 20
"Unity - Noche de Cultura" with Martín Espada, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Pedro Matias and Joe Navarro 1988 Mar 10
WGBH (Boston): Leita Hagemann, "Poetry Break" 1989 Oct 20
Martín Espada at the Dark Room 1989 Nov 12
Christian Science Monitor/Monitor de Hoy: World Monitor with guest Martín Espada 1990 Apr 10
Christian Science Monitor: Monitor Forum with guests Pat Jackson and Martín Espada 1990 Jul 21
WGBH (Boston): "Poetry Breaks" with Martín Espada [1991?]
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): Martín Espada 1991
Christian Science Monitor: Monitor Forum with guests Mary Catherine Bateson and Martín Espada 1991 Jan 5
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - [Okakagbe?] with Barbara Ward, Show no. 5 (on-air dub) 1991 Mar 26
A Day with Poet Martín Espada and Friends (Amiri Baraka and Derek Walcott) 1991 Apr 14
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): Artist in Electronic Residence with Martín Espada 1991 Apr 22
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): "Martín Espada - Poetry," Show no. 2, VTR 1C 1991 Apr 29
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): "Martín Espada - Poetry," Show no. 2, VTR 1B 1991 Apr 29
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): "Martín Espada - Poetry" Show no. 2 (U-Matic) 1991 Apr 29
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - Martín Espada, Show no. 3, "Poems of Praise" (on-air dub) 1991 May 6
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - Martín Espada, Show no. 3, "Poems of Praise" (on-air dub) (U-Matic) 1991 May 6
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - Martín Espada, Show no. 4, "Identity in Poetry" (on-air dub) 1991 May 13
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - Martín Espada, Show no. 4, "Identity in Poetry" (on-air dub) [copy 2 or continuation of above?] 1991 May 13
Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - Martín Espada, Show no. 4, "Identity in Poetry" (on-air dub) (U-Matic) 1991 May 13
AIER Poetry - Martín Espada, "The Poem As Elegy" (U-Matic) 1991 May 20
AIER Poetry: "Martín Espada, 'Elegy'" (VHS) 1991 May 20
WGBH (Boston): "Poetry Break" sample reel 1991 Jul
Mass Performance Poetry - Martín Espada - session 1 1993 Nov 16
Martín Espada reading - Scottsdale, Arizona 1996
University of Massachusetts Educational Television: "Fine Print - Martin Espada" 1998
Martín Espada at Herter Studio (rough cut) 1998 Sep 22
"Imagine the Angels of Bread" 1999 Nov 18
University of Massachusetts Amherst, Academic Instructional Services: "Poets of New England," Program 4 - Martín Espada 2000
Martín Espada at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Reading, with music by José Gonzalez and Criollo Clasico (unedited) 2000 Aug 16
Rubi Theater Company presents Imagine the Angels of Bread at the 2nd NYC Hip-Hop Theater Festival at P.S. 122 2001 Jun 14
Espada on News Hour 2002 Sep 12
WGBH (Boston): Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Martín Espada 2003 Jan 21
WGBY (Springfield, Mass.): La Plaza - Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Martín Espada 2003 Jan 25
Espada reading at Olean Public Library, Olean, N.Y. 2003 Apr 17
Series 13: GRAPHIC MATERIAL, 1983-2003
Series 13, GRAPHIC MATERIAL, 1983-2003, contains posters related to Espada's readings, broadsides illustrating his poems, and one folder of dust jackets from eight of his books. Posters and promotional materials are arranged chronologically; dust jackets in a single folder.
Posters - readings 1983-1984
Posters - readings 1988
Posters - readings 1990-1991
Broadside - "Latin Night at the Pawnshop" (Jose Antonio Burciaga) 1991
Broadside - "Right Hand of a Mexican Farmworker..." (Julio Granda) 1992
Posters - readings 1992
Broadside - "800 AD on the Ward" (Julio Granda) 1993
Posters - readings 1993-1994
Broadside - "Colibri" 1995
Posters - readings 1995-1996
Broadside - "Sleeping on the Bus" 1996
Posters - readings 1997-1998
Posters - readings 1999-2000
Posters - readings 2001-2003
Broadside - "Governor of Puerto Rico..." 2002
Book dust jackets 1990-2003
Series 14: AUDIO RECORDINGS, 1982-2003
Series 14, AUDIO RECORDINGS, 1982-2003, is organized into two sub-series: Sub-series A: Nicaragua, 1982: Radio documentaries and raw material recorded in Nicaragua in 1982. Sub-series B: Interviews and Poems, 1982-2003: consists of audio and videocassette tapes and CD recordings of Espada's interviews on radio, and on other occasions such as a cancelled White House poetry event which resulted in a recording of "Poems Not Fit for the White House, February 17, 2003." Arranged chronologically
Sub-Series A: Nicaragua, 1982
Audio tapes - Nicaragua (Radio Documentaries and Raw Material) 1982
Sub-Series B: Interviews and Poems, 1982-2003
Audio tapes (interviews and readings) 1982-1994
Audio tapes and CDs (interviews and readings) 1995-2003