" MartA-] added a social agenda to the historic program of national liberation and instantly converted a movement devoted to the establishment of a new nation into a force dedicated to shaping a new society. MartA- transformed rebellion into revolution. . . . Like a master weaver, MartA- pulled together all the separate threads of Cuban discontent-social, economic, political, racial, historical-and wove them into a radical movement of enormous force."-Louis A. PA(c)rez Jr, author of JosA(c) MartA- in the United States "Oh Cuba . . . the blood of MartA- was not yours alone; it belonged to an entire race, to an entire continent; it belonged to the powerful youth who have lost probably the best of teachers; he belonged to the future "-RubA(c)n DarA-o This new edition of an elegant anthology features bilingual poetry, a revised translation, and several new pieces. It presents the full breadth of JosA(c) MartA-'s work: his political essays and writings on culture, his letters, and his poetry. Readers will discover a literary genius and an insightful political commentator on troubled US-Latin America relations.