[Peace] martin espada

[rohloff at uiuc.edu]

A reminder that April 15 the poet Martin Espada will be giving a reading. 
This event is organized by Student Peace Action and cosponsored by 
AWARE. More info below. I have publicity flyers for this event. If you would 
like to put it up in your office or elsewhere, let me know and I can email the 
file to you.

Peter

Student Peace Action is bringing the poet Martín Espada to do a 
> reading on April 15th at 7:30 pm in Rm 192 Lincoln Hall. Espada writes 
> with a political hue focusing on oppression, immigrant rights, Puerto 
> Rican freedom et cetera. In the late '90's NPR censored Espada for his 
> poem about Mumia Abu-Jamal entitled "Another Nameless Prostitute 
Says 
> the Man Is Innocent."  The poem is located here
> http://www.hartford-hwp.com/archives/45a/179.html
> He has published six poetry collections and his poems have appeared in 
> The Nation.  More biographical information and selected poems can be 
> found at http://www.martinespada.net/
> The reading will be followed by a book signing with discounted copies 
> of Espada's collections being sold by IUB.