raúlrsalinas and the Jail Machine: My Weapon Is My Pen

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Contents Acknowledgments xiii Introduction: Raúl Salinas and the Poetics of Human Transformation 3 Section I: Salinas’ Journalism 31 Articles from The Echo, Texas State Prison, Huntsville 33 Quartered Notes (January 1964–May 1965, Monthly Columns) 33 “So Much Mystery, So Much Misunderstanding,” Thanksgiving Day, 1964 46 Articles from Aztlán de Leavenworth, Kansas Federal Penitentiary 49 “On the History of C.O.R.A. and Aztlán” 49 Aztlán’s Statement of Philosophy (Numero 1, Año 1, 5 de Mayo de 1970 51 “Music for the Masses” (Número 1, Año 2, 2 de Febrero de 1972) 54 “Editor’s Notes” (Número 1, Año 2, 2 de Febrero de 1972) 60 “Repaso” (Número Uno, Año Dos, 2 de Febrero de 1972) 61 Articles from New Era, Kansas Federal Penitentiary, Leavenworth 66 “New Era, Now Era: Note from the Editor” (Fall 1970, 4–5) 66 “Sometimes, Champs Turn Up in the Strangest Places” (Fall 1970, 42–45) 69 “An Essay on Semantics in the Joint” (Spring 1971, 25) 71 Article from Entrelíneas, Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, Missouri 75 “Portrait of an Artist” (Vol. 1, no. 5–6, pp. 3–5) 75 Section II: Flying Kites to the World: Letters, 1968–1974 87 (An index of letters is located in the bibliography) Section III: The Marion Strike: Journals from “el pozo” 269 “Seeking Justice and Liberation” (August 5, 1972) 272 “Call to Action” (July 17, 1972) 290 Section IV: Post-Prison Interviews 295 “Resisting Mindfuck,” from Sunfighter (1974) 297 Una Plática con Raúl Salinas: An Interview by Ben Olguín and Louis Mendoza (1994) 305 Bibliography 337 r a ú l rsa l i n as a n d t h e ja i l m ac h i n e x . . . somewhere beyond Majestic Mount Ranier in dungeons built by evil men are brothers/sisters (prisoners) who are still not free As I am still not free . . . though I walk [the city] streets. —raúlrsalinas, adapted from “Crash Landing,” Un Trip through the Mind Jail y Otras Excursions THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK ...