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Ra�lrsalinas and the Jail Machine My Weapon Is My Pen

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ISBN-10: 0292713282

ISBN-13: 9780292713284

Edition: 2006

Authors: Ra�l Salinas, Louis G. Mendoza, Ra�l Salinas

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Ral R. Salinas is regarded as one of today's most important Chicano poets and human rights activists, but his passage to this place of distinction took him through four of the most brutal prisons in the country. His singular journey from individual alienation to rage to political resistance reflected the social movements occurring inside and outside of prison, making his story both personal and universal.This groundbreaking collection of Salinas' journalism and personal correspondence from his years of incarceration and following his release provides a unique perspective into his spiritual, intellectual, and political metamorphosis. The book also offers an insider's view of the prison…    
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 6/1/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 358
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Ra�l R. Salinas lives in Austin, Texas, where he owns Resistencia Bookstore, a neighborhood center for aspiring writers and a gathering place for activists.

Louis G. Mendoza is Associate Vice Provost in the Office for Equity and Diversity at the University of Minnesota–Twin Cities, where he is also Chair and Associate Professor in the Department of Chicano Studies. He is coeditor of Crossing Into America: The New Literature of Immigration and author of Historia: The Literary Making of Chicana and Chicano History.

Acknowledgments
Introduction: Raul Salinas and the Poetics of Human Transformation
Salinas' Journalism
Articles from The Ecbo, Texas State Prison, Huntsville
Quartered Notes (January 1964-May 1965, Monthly Columns)
"So Much Mystery, So Much Misunderstanding," Thanksgiving Day, 1964
Articles from Aztlan de Leavenworth, Kansas Federal Penitentiary
"On the History of C.O.R.A. and Aztlan"
Aztlan's Statement of Philosophy (Numero 1, Ano 1, 5 de Mayo de 1970
"Music for the Masses" (Numero 1, Ano 2, 2 de Febrero de 1972)
"Editor's Notes" (Numero 1, Ano 2, 2 de Febrero de 1972)
"Repaso" (Numero Uno, Ano Dos, 2 de Febrero de 1972)
Articles from New Era, Kansas Federal Penitentiary, Leavenworth
"New Era, Now Era: Note from the Editor" (Fall 1970, 4-5)
"Sometimes, Champs Turn Up in the Strangest Places" (Fall 1970, 42-45)
"An Essay on Semantics in the Joint" (Spring 1971, 25)
Article from Entrelineas, Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, Missouri
"Portrait of an Artist" (Vol. 1, no. 5-6, pp. 3-5)
Flying Kites to the World: Letters, 1968-1974
The Marion Strike: Journals from "el pozo"
"Seeking Justice and Liberation" (August 5, 1972)
"Call to Action" (July 17, 1972)
Post-Prison Interviews
"Resisting Mindfuck," from Sunfighter (1974)
Una Platica con Raul Salinas: An Interview (1994)
Bibliography