Oscar ''Zeta'' Acosta

Oscar “Zeta” Acosta: The Uncollected Works gathers unpublished stories, essays, letters poets and a teleplay written by Acosta (1935-1974), the legendary Chicano attorney, political activist and writer. All of these works were written between the early 1960s and shortly before his mysterious disappearance in Mazatalán, Mexico, in 1974.

Through these writings Acosta reveals a variety of personae: a leader troubled by issues of ethnic, linguistic, and cultural identity; a man who saw himself a...