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5/24 WMFO: Martin Espada - Zapata's Disciple (Wed)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Martin Voelker)
Tue May 23 15:00:01 2000
Date: Tue, 23 May 2000 14:57:33 -0400
From: Martin Voelker <mvoelker@emerald.tufts.edu>
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WMFO MEDFORD 91.5 FM (online worldwide at http://wmfo.org )
WEDNESDAY, May 17 8-9a.m. (yes, in the morning!)
David Barsamian's Alternative Radio with
Martin Espada - Zapata's Disciple
What is the relationship between poetry and politics? Martin Espada
makes the connection. He says, Progressive politics must be imagined
first. And poetry is a great way to do it. Oppressive social conditions,
before they can be changed, must be named and condemned in words that
persuade by stirring the emotions and awakening the senses. Poets from
Whitman to Neruda to Ginsberg have articulated a vision and a language
of political transformation.
Martin Espada is a leading poet. His collection "Imagine the Angels of
Bread" won the American Book Award. A former tenant lawyer, he now
teaches in the Department of English at UMass/Amherst. His book
"Zapata's Disciple," is the winner of the 1999 Independent Publisher
Book award.
Tune in also every Thursday morning at the same time (8-9am) for my local
edition of Alternative Radio, which has featured Noam Chomsky, Michael
Albert, Edward Said, Patricia Ireland, Eqbal Ahmad, and others.
Martin Voelker, news director, producer, WMFO Medford, 91.5 FM
presenting public affairs programming:
"Alternative Radio": Wed morning, 8-9 am (David Barsamian's syndicated show)
"No-U-Turn Radio": Th morning, 8-9 am (my own local productions)
Listener line: (617) 627- 3800.
Email: mvoelker@tufts.edu mailto:mvoelker@tufts.edu or news@wmfo.org
mailto:news@wmfo.org
Home (781) 391-9933 (before 10pm!); work (617) 627-3442 (Tufts University)
You can listen to the station live on the internet: try catching us at
http://wmfo.org
Upcoming programs:
Thursday May 25: Ralph Nader: Time to Think
Noam Chomsky on Colombia
Rebecca Walker on the Third Wave of Feminism
Paul Farmer (Partners In Health;) : "Dying for Growth"
Edward Said + Noam Chomsky on the Palestinian Right of Return
Global Environment and Development in an Unequal World
Peter Balakian: The Forgotten Armenian Genocide
