Martin Espada Papers, 1957-2006 : Contents List

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	Box 1: folder 1

The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero - reviews	1982-1985	Box 1: folder 2

The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero - correspondence	1982-1987	Box 1: folder 3

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - first drafts of poems	1983-1985	Box 1: folder 4

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - contract	1986	Box 1: folder 5

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - original manuscript	1987	Box 1: folder 6

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - folded galleys	1987	Box 1: folder 7

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - production and promotion	1987	Box 1: folder 8

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - correspondence	1987-1992	Box 1: folder 9

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - royalties, invoices, permissions	1987-1988	Box 1: folder 10

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - reviews	1988-1992	Box 1: folder 11

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction - second edition galleys	1994	Box 1: folder 12

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - first drafts of poems	1988-1989	Box 1: folder 13

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - correspondence re: poems in journals and anthologies	1988-1992	Box 1: folder 14

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - contract	1989	Box 1: folder 15

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - correspondence from Espada to publisher	1989-1992	Box 1: folder 16

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - general correspondence	1989-1995	Box 1: folder 17

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - cover	1990	Box 1: folder 18

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - original manuscript	1990	Box 1: folder 19

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - production and promotion	1990-1991	Box 1: folder 20

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - reviews	1990-1994	Box 1: folder 21

Rebellion is the Circle of A Lover's Hands - royalties, invoices, permissions	1990-1999	Box 1: folder 22

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - poems in journals and anthologies	1991-1997	Box 1: folder 23

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - original	1992	Box 1: folder 24

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - correspondence	1992-1994	Box 1: folder 25

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - general correspondence	1992-1994	Box 1: folder 26

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - contract	1993	Box 1: folder 27

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - master galleys (first pass)	1993	Box 1: folder 28

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - galleys	1993	Box 1: folder 29

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - cover	1993	Box 1: folder 30

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - production and promotion	1993-1994	Box 1: folder 31

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - reviews	1993-1995	Box 1: folder 32

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - correspondence with publisher	1993-1996	Box 1: folder 33

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - royalties	1993-1996	Box 1: folder 34

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators - permissions	1994-2000	Box 1: folder 35

Poetry Like Bread - correspondence from Espada to publisher	1993-1994	Box 1: folder 36

Poetry Like Bread - production and promotion	1993-1996	Box 1: folder 37

Poetry Like Bread - cover	1994	Box 1: folder 38

Poetry Like Bread - reviews	1994-1997	Box 1: folder 39

Poetry Like Bread - general correspondence	1994-1999	Box 1: folder 40

Poetry Like Bread - teachers' guide	1996	Box 1: folder 41

Imagine the Angels of Bread - poem	1994	Box 2: folder 1

Imagine the Angels of Bread - correspondence re: poems in journals and anthologies	1994-1998	Box 2: folder 2

Imagine the Angels of Bread - contract	1995	Box 2: folder 3

Imagine the Angels of Bread - galleys	1995	Box 2: folder 4

Imagine the Angels of Bread - correspondence from Espada to publisher	1995	Box 2: folder 5

Imagine the Angels of Bread - publisher correspondence	1995-1997	Box 2: folder 6

Imagine the Angels of Bread - production and promotion	1995-1996	Box 2: folder 7

Imagine the Angels of Bread - reviews	1996-1997	Box 2: folder 8

Imagine the Angels of Bread - general correspondence	1996-1998	Box 2: folder 9

Imagine the Angels of Bread - royalties	1996-2001	Box 2: folder 10

Imagine the Angels of Bread - permissions	1998-2000	Box 2: folder 11

Zapata's Disciple - essays in journals and anthologies	1994-1998	Box 2: folder 12

Zapata's Disciple - contract	1996	Box 2: folder 13

Zapata's Disciple - correspondence with publisher, royalties	1996-1999	Box 2: folder 14

Zapata's Disciple - bound galleys	1998	Box 2: folder 15

Zapata's Disciple - cover and postcard	1998	Box 2: folder 16

Zapata's Disciple - production and promotion	1998	Box 2: folder 17

Zapata's Disciple - general correspondence	1998-1999	Box 2: folder 18

Zapata's Disciple - reviews	1998-2000	Box 2: folder 19

Zapata's Disciple - censorship - Texas Department of Criminal Justice	2000	Box 2: folder 20

El Coro - original manuscript	1996-1997	Box 2: folder 21

El Coro - permissions	1996-1997	Box 2: folder 22

El Coro - cover of The Massachusetts Review	1997	Box 2: folder 23

El Coro - reviews	1997-1998	Box 2: folder 24

El Coro - publisher correspondence and royalties	1997-2001	Box 2: folder 25

El Coro - general correspondence	1998	Box 2: folder 26

A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - correspondence re: poems in journals and anthologies	1996-2000	Box 2: folder 27

A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - contract	1999	Box 2: folder 28

A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - galleys	1999	Box 2: folder 29

A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - publisher correspondence, royalties	1999-2001	Box 2: folder 30

A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - general correspondence	1999-2001	Box 2: folder 31

A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - reviews	2000-2002	Box 2: folder 32

A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen - promotion	2000-2001	Box 2: folder 33

Alabanza (poem) - background material	2001-2002	Box 2: folder 34

Alabanza (poem) - etymology	2002	Box 2: folder 35

Alabanza (poem) - NewsHour (PBS) interview	2002	Box 2: folder 36

Alabanza (poem) - publication and articles	2002-2003	Box 2: folder 37

Alabanza (poem) - correspondence	2002-2003	Box 2: folder 38

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - correspondence re: poems in journals and anthologies	2000-2002	Box 2: folder 39

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - contract	2001	Box 2: folder 40

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - master galleys (third pass)	2002	Box 2: folder 41

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - correspondence from publisher	2003	Box 2: folder 42

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - production and promotion	2003	Box 2: folder 43

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - cover	2003	Box 2: folder 44

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - general correspondence	2003	Box 2: folder 45

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - royalties	2003	Box 2: folder 46

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - reviews	2003	Box 2: folder 47

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982-2002 - New York Times Book Review and letters	2003	Box 2: folder 48

The Republic of Poetry - press release, readings schedule	2006	Box 2: folder 49

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	Box 3: folder 1

Massachusetts Artists Foundation Fellowship	1984-1985	Box 3: folder 2

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship	1986	Box 3: folder 3

Boston Contemporary Writers Award	1988-1990	Box 3: folder 4

PEN/ Revson Fellowship	1989-1990	Box 3: folder 5

Open Voice Poetry Award from The Writer's Voice	1990	Box 3: folder 6

Paterson Poetry Prize	1991	Box 3: folder 7

Artist in Residence - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum	1991-1992	Box 3: folder 8

National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship	1992	Box 3: folder 9

Lilly Foundation Teaching Fellowship	1994-1995	Box 3: folder 10

Massachusetts Cultural Council Artists Grant	1996	Box 3: folder 11

Best American Poetry - "Rednecks" and "Sleeping on the Bus"	1996-1998	Box 3: folder 12

American Book Award - Imagine the Angels of Bread	1997	Box 3: folder 13

National Book Critics Circle Award (finalist) - Imagine the Angels of Bread	1997	Box 3: folder 14

Gustavus Myers Award - El Coro	1998	Box 3: folder 15

Independent Publisher Book Award ("Ippy") - Zapata's Disciple	1999	Box 3: folder 16

Miscellaneous Finalist Awards - A Mayan Astronomer in Hell's Kitchen	2001	Box 3: folder 17

Poet Laureate of Northampton, Massachusetts	2002	Box 3: folder 18

Paterson Poetry Prize (finalist) - reading with Stanley Kunitz	2002	Box 3: folder 19

Antonia Pantoja Award	2003	Box 3: folder 20

Robert Creeley Award	2004	Box 3: folder 21

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; Note see also Series 8, Readings, Lectures, Workshops and Prose . Arranged chronologically.
Curbstone press events	1985-2001	Box 3: folder 22

Conference on Juan Antonio Corretjer	1986	Box 3: folder 23

Folger Shakespeare Library	1992	Box 3: folder 24

Joiner Center Writers' Workshop	1992-2002	Box 3: folder 24A

Visit to Dickinson Homestead - photographs	1993	Box 3: folder 25

Clearwater Revival Festival	1994	Box 3: folder 26

92nd Street Y	1995	Box 3: folder 27

Smithsonian Institution	1996	Box 3: folder 28

Bomb threat, Tucson, Arizona	1996	Box 3: folder 29

Visit to Whitman House and Tomb - photographs	1997	Box 3: folder 30

Rosenbergs - Celebrate the Children of Resistance	1997-2000	Box 3: folder 31

Poetry for the People	1998-2002	Box 3: folder 32

People's Poetry Gathering	1999	Box 3: folder 33

Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Celebration	1999	Box 3: folder 34

Lorca Celebration	1999	Box 3: folder 35

Evocations - OPC Summer Institute, Columbia University	2000	Box 3: folder 36

Julia de Burgos Park - Inauguration	2001	Box 3: folder 37

Rubi Theater Company - Imagine the Angels of Bread	2001-2002	Box 3: folder 38

Rosenbergs - Celebrate the Children of Resistance	2003	Box 3: folder 39

Key West Literary Seminar	2003	Box 3: folder 40

Neruda Celebration	2003	Box 3: folder 41

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	Box 4: folder 1

Rebelión es el giro de manos del amante - manuscript of Spanish translations (Pérez-Bustillo and Espada)	1989	Box 4: folder 2

Rebelión es el giro de manos del amante - annotated manuscripts of Spanish translations I. (Pérez-Bustillo and Espada)	1989	Box 4: folder 3

Rebelión es el giro de manos del amante - annotated manuscripts of Spanish translations II. (Pérez-Bustillo and Espada)	1989	Box 4: folder 4

The Blood that Keeps Singing - first draft of English translations (Espada and Pérez-Bustillo)	1990	Box 4: folder 5

The Blood that Keeps Singing - annotated manuscript of English translations (Espada and Pérez-Bustillo)	1991	Box 4: folder 6

The Blood that Keeps Singing - original manuscript (Espada and Péres-Bustillo)	1991	Box 4: folder 7

The Blood that Keeps Singing: Selected Poems of Clemente SotoVélez - reviews (Espada and Pérez-Bustillo)	1991	Box 4: folder 8

The Blood that Keeps Singing: Selected Poems of Clemente SotoVélez - miscellaneous documents (Espada and Pérez-Bustillo)	1991-1996	Box 4: folder 9

Clemente SotoVélez - background	1993	Box 4: folder 10

Clemente SotoVélez - obituaries, memorials, elegies	1993-1994	Box 4: folder 11

Clemente SotoVélez - Espada elegy ("Hands Without Irons Become Dragonflies" in Bilingual Review)	1994	Box 4: folder 12

Essays and articles in Spanish on Espada	1989-2003	Box 4: folder 13

Translation into Spanish - from The Immigrant Iceboy's Bolero (Translator: Jaime Pérez)	1982	Box 4: folder 14

Translation into Spanish - "Puerto Rican Autopsy" (Translator: Pedro López Adorno)	1990	Box 4: folder 15

Translation into Spanish - Poems in Nuevo Amanecer (Nicaragua)	1991-1995	Box 4: folder 16

Translation into Spanish - "When Songs Become Water" (in Diario Latino, El Salvador)	1991-1992	Box 4: folder 17

Translation into Spanish - "New Bathroom Policy at English High School" essay: (in Diálogo, Puerto Rico)	1996	Box 4: folder 18

Translation into Spanish - (unpublished) "Hands Without Irons Become Dragonflies" (Translator: Camilo Pérez-Bustillo)	1997	Box 4: folder 19

Translation into Spanish - "Zapata's Disciple and Perfect Brie": essay (Translator: Héctor Dominguez Rubalcava)	1998	Box 4: folder 20

Translation into Spanish - "Coca-Cola and Coco Frío" for Wáchale Anthology (Translator: Maribel Pintado-Espiet)	2001	Box 4: folder 21

Translation into Spanish - miscellaneous and unpublished (Translator: Maribel Pintado-Espiet)	2001	Box 4: folder 22

Translation into French - poems from Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover's Hands (Trs. Christine Fabre and Georges Hassoméris)	1994-1997	Box 4: folder 23

Translation into Galician - poems from Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction	1997	Box 4: folder 24

Translation into Thai - "Sleeping on the Bus"	1999	Box 4: folder 25

Auf der Such Nach La Revolución - German Selected Poetry and Prose: correspondence with publisher and translators	2002-2003	Box 4: folder 26

Auf der Such Nach La Revolución - German Selected Poetry and Prose: galleys (Trs. Eva Bourke, Reinhard Lerch, Claus-Ulrich Viol)	2003	Box 4: folder 27

Juan Antonio Corretjer poems- translations by Espada and Camilo Pérez-Bustillo (for Callallo)	1992	Box 4: folder 28

Migel Hernández Poem - Espada translation (for The Volunteer)	1999	Box 4: folder 29

Pablo Neruda Poems - Espada translations (for The Poetry of Pablo Neruda)	2003	Box 4: folder 30

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	Box 4: folder 31

Puerto Rico Editorial (1898-1998)	1998	Box 4: folder 32

Puerto Rico Editorial (1898-1998) - hate mail	1998	Box 4: folder 33

Puerto Rico Editorial (1898-1998) - correspondence with Peacework	1998	Box 4: folder 34

Vieques - background	1999-2000	Box 4: folder 35

Vieques Resolution - Press (Amherst, Northampton and Springfield)	1999-2000	Box 4: folder 36

Vieques Resolution - statement at Town Meeting to introduce resolution	1999	Box 4: folder 37

Vieques Resolution - Town Meeting, Article 21 (passed)	1999	Box 4: folder 38

Vieques Resolution - petitions	1999	Box 4: folder 39

Vieques Demonstration - statement	1999	Box 4: folder 40

"Viva Vieques" (essay) - The Progressive	2000	Box 4: folder 41

Vieques Resolution - panel at Grand Valley State University	2000	Box 4: folder 42

Vieques - statement/panel at University of Massachusetts Amherst	2001	Box 4: folder 43

Cuba - Writers of the Americas Conference	1999-2000	Box 4: folder 44

Ireland - Heinrich Böll Cottage - residency	1999-2000	Box 4: folder 45

Ireland - correspondence with John Deane	1999-2001	Box 4: folder 46

Ireland - Achill Island	2000	Box 4: folder 47

Ireland - Galway	2000	Box 4: folder 48

Ireland - Dublin	2000	Box 4: folder 49

Ireland - "Contemplation" (poem) and Thomas Patten Memorial, Achill Island	2000	Box 4: folder 50

Ireland - "Offering of Stones" (poem), Deserted Village, Achill Island	2000-2001	Box 4: folder 51

Ireland - "Sheep Haiku" (poem)	2000-2003	Box 4: folder 52

Ireland - poems by Klemente Gilbert-Espada written on Achill Island	2000	Box 4: folder 53

Mexico - Mexico City and Guadalajara	2001	Box 4: folder 54

Mexico - "Sing Zapatista" (poem)	2001-2002	Box 4: folder 55

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	Box 5: folder 1

Alarcón, Francisco	1990-1991	Box 5: folder 2

Alegría, Claribel	1990-1995	Box 5: folder 3

Alvarez, Julia	1993-2003	Box 5: folder 4

Asner, Ed	2000	Box 5: folder 5

Baraka, Amiri	1989	Box 5: folder 6

Berenson, Lori	2001	Box 5: folder 7

Berrigan Philip	1998	Box 5: folder 8

Brutus, Dennis	2001	Box 5: folder 9

Cambridge Human Rights Commission	1987	Box 5: folder 10

Campo, Rafael	2002-2003	Box 5: folder 11

Castillo, Ana, and Cherrie Moraga - legal correspondence	1988-1989	Box 5: folder 12

Centro de Estudios Puertorriqueños	1997-1999	Box 5: folder 13

Cisneros, Sandra	1985-1990	Box 5: folder 14

Clingman, Stephen (Chair of University of Massachusetts Amherst Department of English)	1995	Box 5: folder 15

Colemen, Wanda	1997-1998	Box 5: folder 16

Community College of Philadelphia	1990	Box 5: folder 17

Creeley, Robert	1984-2003	Box 5: folder 18

Cruz, Víctor Hernández	1992	Box 5: folder 19

Cruz, Victor M.	1996	Box 5: folder 20

Davis, Ossie	1997	Box 5: folder 21

Díaz, Junot	1996-2003	Box 5: folder 22

Digital Corporation	1986	Box 5: folder 23

Dove, Rita	1987-1992	Box 5: folder 24

Edelberg, Cynthia, and University of Alabama Press	1995	Box 5: folder 25

Esteves, Sandra Maria	1986-2003	Box 5: folder 26

Forché, Carolyn	1990-2000	Box 5: folder 27

Franzen, Cola	1992-2003	Box 5: folder 27A

Galeano, Eduardo	1991-2002	Box 5: folder 28

González, David (New York Times Caribbean and Central American Bureau Chief)	2002-2003	Box 5: folder 29

Hacker, Marilyn	1992-1995	Box 5: folder 30

Hall, Donald	1990-2003	Box 5: folder 31

Hirsch, Edward	2000-2003	Box 5: folder 32

Jarman, Mark	1994-2001	Box 5: folder 33

Jordan, June	1984-1998	Box 5: folder 34

Kennedy, Senator Edward	1986	Box 5: folder 35

Kinnell, Galway	1998-2003	Box 5: folder 36

Kingsolver, Barbara - incoming correspondence	1998-2002	Box 5: folder 37

Kingsolver, Barbara - outgoing correspondence	1999	Box 5: folder 38

Louis, Adrian	1993-1996	Box 5: folder 39

Márquez, Roberto	1992-2003	Box 5: folder 39A

Moraga, Cherrie Note see Castillo, Ana		Box 5: folder 12

Morales, Rick Kearns	1991-1995	Box 5: folder 40

Nichols, John	1998-2003	Box 5: folder 41

Olsen, Kristina (9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows)	2002	Box 5: folder 42

Ortíz, Sister Dianna	1996-1999	Box 5: folder 43

Osheroff, Abe (Veteran, Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Spanish Civil War) - incoming correspondence	1998-2003	Box 5: folder 44

Osheroff, Abe (Veteran, Abraham Lincoln Brigade, Spanish Civil War) - outgoing correspondence	1998-2003	Box 5: folder 45

Pawlak, Mark (Hanging Loose)	1989	Box 5: folder 46

Piercy, Marge, and Ira Wood	1991-2003	Box 5: folder 47

Pinsky, Robert	2001	Box 5: folder 48

Rich, Adrienne	1996-1998	Box 5: folder 49

Rivera, Louis Reyes	1986	Box 5: folder 50

Salisbury, Luke	1990-1996	Box 5: folder 51

Salkey, Andrew	1985-1991	Box 5: folder 52

Santiago, Esmeralda	1997	Box 5: folder 53

Soto, Gary	1990-2003	Box 5: folder 54

Soto Vélez, Clemente	1989	Box 5: folder 55

Stavans, Ilan	1992-2003	Box 5: folder 56

Vernon-Jones, Russ (Principal, Fort River School, Amherst, Mass.) - outgoing correspondence	2001-2003	Box 5: folder 56A

Villanueva, Tino	1983	Box 5: folder 56B

Welch, Clifford (Professor, Grand Valley State University)	2000	Box 5: folder 56C

Wood, Ira Note see Piercy, Marge		Box 5: folder 47

Zinn, Howard	2000-2003	Box 5: folder 56D

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	Box 5: folder 57

Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - "All Things Censored" Essay	1997	Box 5: folder 58

Mumia Abu-Jamal poem in The Progressive magazine	1997	Box 5: folder 59

Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - press reports and commentaries	1997-1998	Box 5: folder 60

Mumia Abu-Jamal Poems - Index on Censorship (England)	1997-1998	Box 5: folder 61

Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - interviews	1997-1998	Box 5: folder 62

Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - general correspondence	1997-1999	Box 5: folder 63

Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - incoming and outgoing correspondence with National Public Radio	1997-2000	Box 5: folder 64

Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - PEN	1998	Box 5: folder 65

Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - Correspondence from Mumia Abu-Jamal	1998-2001	Box 5: folder 66

Mumia Abu-Jamal poem - "Prisoner AM-8335" (essay)	2000	Box 5: folder 67

Nike Poetry Slam - correspondence with Nike advertising agency	1997	Box 5: folder 68

"Nike Poetry Slam: The Poetics of Commerce" (essay)	1998	Box 5: folder 69

Nike Poetry Slam - press	1999-1999	Box 5: folder 70

Nike Poetry Slam - correspondence with Harper's	1998	Box 5: folder 71

Nike Poetry Slam - general correspondence	1998-2002	Box 5: folder 72

Censorship - Chicago Public Schools	1999	Box 5: folder 73

Poets for Peace- Northampton, Massachusetts	2001	Box 5: folder 74

Poets for Peace- New York City	2002 Jan	Box 5: folder 75

Forbidden Words - PEN event	2002	Box 5: folder 76

Poets Against the War- Espada-Hamill correspondence	2003	Box 5: folder 77

Poets Against the War- anthology (Espada contribution)	2003	Box 5: folder 78

Poets Against the War- miscellaneous correspondence	2003	Box 5: folder 79

Poets Against the War - "Poems Not Fit for the White House"	2003	Box 5: folder 80

Poets Against the War- New York Times advertisement	2003	Box 5: folder 81

Poets Against the War- Poetry Against the War Day	2003	Box 5: folder 82

Poets Against the War- Hampshire College event	2003	Box 5: folder 83

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	Box 6: folder 1

Readings, lectures and workshops	1983	Box 6: folder 2

Readings, lectures and workshops	1984	Box 6: folder 3

Readings, lectures and workshops	1985	Box 6: folder 4

Readings, lectures and workshops	1986	Box 6: folder 5

Readings, lectures and workshops	1987	Box 6: folder 6

Readings, lectures and workshops	1988	Box 6: folder 7

Readings, lectures and workshops	1989	Box 6: folder 8

Readings, lectures and workshops	1990	Box 6: folder 9

Readings, lectures and workshops	1991	Box 6: folder 10

Readings, lectures and workshops	1992	Box 6: folder 11

Readings, lectures and workshops	1993	Box 6: folder 12

Readings, lectures and workshops	1994 Jan-Jun	Box 6: folder 13

Readings, lectures and workshops	1994 Jul-Dec	Box 6: folder 14

Readings, lectures and workshops	1995 Jan-Jun	Box 7: folder 1

Readings, lectures and workshops	1995 Jul-Dec	Box 7: folder 2

Readings, lectures and workshops	1996 Jan-Jun	Box 7: folder 3

Readings, lectures and workshops	1996 Jul-Dec	Box 7: folder 4

Readings, lectures and workshops	1997 Jan-Jun	Box 7: folder 5

Readings, lectures and workshops	1997 Jul-Dec	Box 7: folder 6

Readings, lectures and workshops	1998 Jan-Jun	Box 7: folder 7

Readings, lectures and workshops	1998 Jul-Dec	Box 7: folder 8

Readings, lectures and workshops	1999 Jan-Jun	Box 7: folder 9

Readings, lectures and workshops	1999 Jul-Dec	Box 7: folder 10

Readings, lectures and workshops	2000 Jan-Jun	Box 8: folder 1

Readings, lectures and workshops	2000 Jul-Dec	Box 8: folder 2

Readings, lectures and workshops	2001 Jan-Jun	Box 8: folder 3

Readings, lectures and workshops	2001 Jul-Dec	Box 8: folder 4

Readings, lectures and workshops	2002 Jan-Jun	Box 8: folder 5

Readings, lectures and workshops	2002 Jul-Dec	Box 8: folder 6

Readings, lectures and workshops	2003 Jan-Jun	Box 8: folder 7

Series 9: MISCELLANEOUS WORKS BY AND ABOUT ESPADA,	1984-2003
Scope and content: 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. Note: 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	Box 9: folder 1

Misc. early essays	1986-1992	Box 9: folder 2

Latino supplement (editor) of Hanging Loose magazine - original manuscript	1988	Box 9: folder 3

Correspondence re: Hanging Loose Latino supplement	1988	Box 9: folder 4

Forché, Carolyn - introduction of, at Brighton Public Library	1988	Box 9: folder 5

Essay on Juan Antonio Corretejer in Boston for Poetry Society of America	1990	Box 9: folder 6

Contracts with agents	1991-1997	Box 9: folder 7

Callaloo: Puerto Rican Literature, editor with Juan Flores	1992	Box 9: folder 8

"Mexican Farmworker" broadside (Mad River Press)	1992	Box 9: folder 9

Commencement address - New England Farmworker Council	1993	Box 9: folder 10

National Endowment for the Arts Poetry Panelist	1993-1994	Box 9: folder 11

Salkey, Andrew - tributes	1995	Box 9: folder 12

"Sleeping on the Bus" (poem)	1995-1999	Box 9: folder 13

"The Foreman's Wallet" (poem in Harper's)	1996	Box 9: folder 14

"The Owl and the Lightning" (poem)	1996-2003	Box 9: folder 15

Essay on Pablo Neruda for Luna, Luna Anthology	1997	Box 9: folder 16

Commencement address - El Puente	1997	Box 9: folder 17

Essays, interviews and articles on Espada	1997-2003	Box 9: folder 18

"Irony and Humor in Poetry" - lecture	1998	Box 9: folder 19

Cardenal, Ernesto - introductions of at Smith and Hartford	1998-2002	Box 9: folder 20

Commencement address - Pitzer College	1999	Box 9: folder 21

Commencement address - Capitol Technical Community College	1999	Box 9: folder 22

"Ezequiel" (poem) - publication and background	2000	Box 9: folder 23

Anderson, Doug - introduction at Food for Thought Books	2000	Box 9: folder 24

Commencement address - Centro del Cardenal	2000	Box 9: folder 25

Thesis on Espada by Carlos Martínez for Master of Fine Arts at Antioch University Los Angeles	2000	Box 9: folder 26

"En la calle San Sebastián" (poem)	2001	Box 9: folder 27

Hoagland, Everett - foreword to Here-: New and Selected Poems	2001	Box 9: folder 28

Meeropol, Robert Introduction of at University of Massachusetts	2002	Box 9: folder 29

"Not Words But Hands" (poem)	2003	Box 9: folder 30

Agueros, Jack - essay on, for Gale Anthology	2003	Box 9: folder 31

Commencement address - Hampshire College	2003	Box 9: folder 32

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	Box 10: folder 1

Notebook no. 2	1987	Box 10: folder 2

Notebook no. 3	1987-1988	Box 10: folder 3

Notebook no. 4	1988-1989	Box 10: folder 4

Notebook no. 5	1989	Box 10: folder 5

Notebook no. 6	1990	Box 10: folder 6

Notebook no. 7	1990-1992	Box 10: folder 7

Notebook no. 8	1991	Box 10: folder 8

Notebook no. 9	1991-1992	Box 10: folder 9

Notebook no. 10	1992	Box 10: folder 10

Notebook no. 11	1996-1998	Box 10: folder 11

Notebook no. 12	1996-1998	Box 10: folder 12

Notebook no. 13	1998	Box 10: folder 13

Notebook no. 14	1998	Box 10: folder 14

Notebook no. 15	1998	Box 10: folder 15

Notebook no. 16	1999	Box 10: folder 16

Notebook no. 17	1999-2000	Box 10: folder 17

Notebook no. 18	2001	Box 10: folder 18

Notebook no. 19	2002	Box 10: folder 19

Notebook no. 20	2003	Box 10: folder 20

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.
Sub-Series A: Martín Espada and Frank Espada (father)

Juvenilia - photograph album	1957-1959	Box 11: folder 1

Juvenilia - Espada family photographs	1957-1963	Box 11: folder 2

Juvenilia - preschool drawings	1962	Box 11: folder 3

Juvenilia - drawings	1963	Box 11: folder 4

Juvenilia - school papers - Brooklyn, New York	1967-1969	Box 11: folder 5

Juvenilia - drawings on flyers and stationery	1964-1969	Box 11: folder 6

Juvenilia - drawings (history and mythology)	1966-1969	Box 11: folder 7

Juvenilia - illustrated stories	1966-1969	Box 11: folder 8

Juvenilia - drawings of boxing and baseball	1967-1968	Box 11: folder 9

Juvenilia - Espada family photographs (by Frank Espada)	1968-1988	Box 11: folder 10

Unpublished poems	1974-1991	Box 11: folder 11

Unpublished prose - humor	1974-1999	Box 11: folder 12

The Inquiry - first publication in literary journal	1974	Box 11: folder 13

High School diploma	1975	Box 11: folder 14

High school and undergraduate papers	1975-1976	Box 11: folder 15

Wedding poem	1988	Box 11: folder 16

Miscellaneous photographs (Espada)	1988-2000	Box 11: folder 17

Espada, Frank (father) photography catalog - The Puerto Rican Diaspora	1989	Box 11: folder 18

Community events	1983-2002	Box 11: folder 19

Su Clínica Legal - Tenant Law (course taught by Espada)	1987-1993	Box 11: folder 20

Su Clínica Legal - Housing Manual	1992	Box 11: folder 21

Bankruptcy and foreclosure	1993	Box 11: folder 22

University of Massachusetts - employment - English Dept.	1992-1997	Box 11: folder 23

University of Massachusetts - curriculum vitae for tenure review	1996	Box 11: folder 24

University of Massachusetts - course syllabi	2000-2003	Box 11: folder 25

Sub-Series B: Klemente Gilbert-Espada (son)

Poems by Klemente Gilbert-Espada (son)	2000-2003	Box 11: folder 26

Richard III - Production with Klemente Gilbert-Espada	2003	Box 11: folder 27

A Midsummer Night's Dream - Production with Klemente Gilbert-Espada and Martín Espada; set design by Katherine Gilbert-Espada (wife)	2003	Box 11: folder 28

Sub-Series C: Katherine Gilbert-Espada (wife)

Monsters at the Edge of the World - art exhibition by Katherine Gilbert-Espada	2003	Box 11: folder 29

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]	Box 12: folder 1

WNEV (Boston): Revista no. 11 (U-Matic)	1988 Jan 10	Box 12: folder 2

Arizona State University Hispanic Research Center: Inaugural Symposia - interviews with Aristeo Brito, Ana Castillo and Martín Espada	1988 Feb 20	Box 12: folder 3

"Unity - Noche de Cultura" with Martín Espada, Alicia Gaspar de Alba, Pedro Matias and Joe Navarro	1988 Mar 10	Box 12: folder 4

WGBH (Boston): Leita Hagemann, "Poetry Break"	1989 Oct 20	Box 12: folder 5

Martín Espada at the Dark Room	1989 Nov 12	Box 12: folder 6

Christian Science Monitor/Monitor de Hoy: World Monitor with guest Martín Espada	1990 Apr 10	Box 12: folder 7

Christian Science Monitor: Monitor Forum with guests Pat Jackson and Martín Espada	1990 Jul 21	Box 12: folder 8

WGBH (Boston): "Poetry Breaks" with Martín Espada	[1991?]	Box 12: folder 9

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): Martín Espada	1991	Box 12: folder 10

Christian Science Monitor: Monitor Forum with guests Mary Catherine Bateson and Martín Espada	1991 Jan 5	Box 12: folder 11

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - [Okakagbe?] with Barbara Ward, Show no. 5 (on-air dub)	1991 Mar 26	Box 12: folder 12

A Day with Poet Martín Espada and Friends (Amiri Baraka and Derek Walcott)	1991 Apr 14	Box 12: folder 13

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): Artist in Electronic Residence with Martín Espada	1991 Apr 22	Box 12: folder 14

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): "Martín Espada - Poetry," Show no. 2, VTR 1C	1991 Apr 29	Box 12: folder 15

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): "Martín Espada - Poetry," Show no. 2, VTR 1B	1991 Apr 29	Box 12: folder 16

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): "Martín Espada - Poetry" Show no. 2 (U-Matic)	1991 Apr 29	Box 13: folder 1

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - Martín Espada, Show no. 3, "Poems of Praise" (on-air dub)	1991 May 6	Box 13: folder 2

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - Martín Espada, Show no. 3, "Poems of Praise" (on-air dub) (U-Matic)	1991 May 6	Box 13: folder 3

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - Martín Espada, Show no. 4, "Identity in Poetry" (on-air dub)	1991 May 13	Box 13: folder 4

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	Box 13: folder 5

Massachusetts Corporation Educational Telecommunications (MCET): AIER - Martín Espada, Show no. 4, "Identity in Poetry" (on-air dub) (U-Matic)	1991 May 13	Box 13: folder 6

AIER Poetry - Martín Espada, "The Poem As Elegy" (U-Matic)	1991 May 20	Box 13: folder 7

AIER Poetry: "Martín Espada, 'Elegy'" (VHS)	1991 May 20	Box 13: folder 8

WGBH (Boston): "Poetry Break" sample reel	1991 Jul	Box 13: folder 9

Mass Performance Poetry - Martín Espada - session 1	1993 Nov 16	Box 13: folder 10

Martín Espada reading - Scottsdale, Arizona	1996	Box 13: folder 11

University of Massachusetts Educational Television: "Fine Print - Martin Espada"	1998	Box 13: folder 12

Martín Espada at Herter Studio (rough cut)	1998 Sep 22	Box 13: folder 13

"Imagine the Angels of Bread"	1999 Nov 18	Box 13: folder 14

University of Massachusetts Amherst, Academic Instructional Services: "Poets of New England," Program 4 - Martín Espada	2000	Box 13: folder 15

Martín Espada at the Sunken Garden Poetry Festival Reading, with music by José Gonzalez and Criollo Clasico (unedited)	2000 Aug 16	Box 13: folder 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	Box 13: folder 17

Espada on News Hour	2002 Sep 12	Box 13: folder 18

WGBH (Boston): Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Martín Espada	2003 Jan 21	Box 13: folder 19

WGBY (Springfield, Mass.): La Plaza - Conversations with Ilan Stavans: Martín Espada	2003 Jan 25	Box 13: folder 20

Espada reading at Olean Public Library, Olean, N.Y.	2003 Apr 17	Box 13: folder 21

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	Box 14: folder 1

Posters - readings	1988	Box 14: folder 2

Posters - readings	1990-1991	Box 14: folder 3

Broadside - "Latin Night at the Pawnshop" (Jose Antonio Burciaga)	1991	Box 14: folder 4

Broadside - "Right Hand of a Mexican Farmworker..." (Julio Granda)	1992	Box 14: folder 5

Posters - readings	1992	Box 14: folder 6

Broadside - "800 AD on the Ward" (Julio Granda)	1993	Box 14: folder 7

Posters - readings	1993-1994	Box 14: folder 8

Broadside - "Colibri"	1995	Box 14: folder 9

Posters - readings	1995-1996	Box 14: folder 10

Broadside - "Sleeping on the Bus"	1996	Box 14: folder 11

Posters - readings	1997-1998	Box 14: folder 12

Posters - readings	1999-2000	Box 14: folder 13

Posters - readings	2001-2003	Box 14: folder 14

Broadside - "Governor of Puerto Rico..."	2002	Box 14: folder 15

Book dust jackets	1990-2003	Box 14: folder 16

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	Box 15: folder 16

Sub-Series B: Interviews and Poems,	1982-2003

Audio tapes (interviews and readings)	1982-1994	Box 16: folder 16

Audio tapes and CDs (interviews and readings)	1995-2003	Box 17: folder 16