Reading: Martín Espada

Presenter Information

Martín Espada

Location

Memorial Union Ballroom

Event Website

http://www.undwritersconference.org

Start Date

26-3-1993 3:00 PM

End Date

26-3-1993 4:00 PM

Description

In this audiovisual recording from Friday, March 26, 1993, as part of the 24th Annual UND Writing Conference: “La Literatura: Contemporary Latino/Latina Writing,” Martín Espada reads a selection of poems. Espada reads “The Moon Shatters on Alabama Avenue,” “Coca Cola and Coco Frio,” “La Tumba de Buenaventura Roig,” “Colibri,” “The Saint Vincent de Paul Food Pantry Stomp,” “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper,” “Federico's Ghost,” “City of Coughing and Dead Radiators,” “Courthouse Graffiti for Two Voices,” “Mi Vida: Wings of Fright,” “The New Bathroom Policy at English High School,” “The Other Alamo,” “Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover's Hands,” “The Firing Squad is Singing in Chile,” and “When Songs Become Water.”

Introduced by Dale Jacobson.

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Reading: Martín Espada

Memorial Union Ballroom

In this audiovisual recording from Friday, March 26, 1993, as part of the 24th Annual UND Writing Conference: “La Literatura: Contemporary Latino/Latina Writing,” Martín Espada reads a selection of poems. Espada reads “The Moon Shatters on Alabama Avenue,” “Coca Cola and Coco Frio,” “La Tumba de Buenaventura Roig,” “Colibri,” “The Saint Vincent de Paul Food Pantry Stomp,” “Who Burns for the Perfection of Paper,” “Federico's Ghost,” “City of Coughing and Dead Radiators,” “Courthouse Graffiti for Two Voices,” “Mi Vida: Wings of Fright,” “The New Bathroom Policy at English High School,” “The Other Alamo,” “Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover's Hands,” “The Firing Squad is Singing in Chile,” and “When Songs Become Water.”

Introduced by Dale Jacobson.

https://commons.und.edu/writers-conference/1993/day4/2