Key to Espada Title Abbreviations: Ordered by Publication History, 1982–2012

The Immigrant Iceboy’s Bolero (1982) — Immigrant Iceboy’s

Trumpets from the Islands of Their Eviction (1987) — Trumpets

Rebellion is the Circle of a Lover’s Hands/Rebelión es el giro de manos del amante (1990) — Rebellion/Rebelión

The Blood That Keeps Singing: Selected Poems of Clemente Soto Vélez/La sangre que sigue cantando (1991) — Blood/Sangre

City of Coughing and Dead Radiators (1993) — City of Coughing

Poetry like Bread: Poets of the Political Imagination from Curbstone Press (1994, 2000) — Poetry like Bread

Imagine the Angels of Bread (1996) — Imagine

El Coro: A Chorus of Latino and Latina Poetry (1997) — El Coro

Zapata’s Disciple: Essays (1998) — Zapata’s Disciple

A Mayan Astronomer in Hell’s Kitchen (2000) — Mayan Astronomer

Alabanza: New and Selected Poems, 1982–2002 (2003) — Alabanza

Now the Dead Will Dance the Mambo (2004) — Now the Dead

The Republic of Poetry (2006) — Republic of Poetry

Crucifixion in the Plaza de Armas (2008) — Crucifixion

La tumba de Buenaventura Roig: Selected Poems/Poemas selectos (2008) — La tumba

Soldados en el jardín (Soldiers in the Garden) (2009) — Soldados

The Lover of a Subversive Is Also a Subversive (2010) — Lover of a Subversive

The Trouble Ball (2011) — Trouble Ball

His Hands Were Gentle: Selected Lyrics of Víctor Jara (2012) — Hands

 

Note: The above list includes select reprints in Espada’s catalog (e.g., Crucifixion, La tumba, and Soldados), as well as his translation work and edited volumes, such as Blood/Sangre, El Coro, Poetry like Bread, and Hands.

Poetry citations featured in this volume coincide with the original volumes in which they first appeared.

A general headnote is provided at the end of each contributor essay that features a cross reference to all Espada poetry that is reproduced in his Alabanza new and selected poems edition. Corrections and/or edits to original poem content are identified in corresponding endnotes.