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A dazzling and definitive compendium of the Latino literary tradition. This groundbreaking Anthology includes the work of 201 Latino writers from Chicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban-American, and Dominican-American traditions, as well as writing from other Spanish-speaking countries. Under the general editorship of award-winning cultural critic Ilan Stavans, traces four centuries of writing, from letters to the Spanish crown by sixteenth-century conquistadors to the cutting-edge expressions of twenty-first-century and artists of reggaetn. In six chronological sectionsColonization, Annexation, Acculturation, Upheaval, Into the Mainstream, and Popular Traditionsthe anthology encompasses diverse genres, and it features writers such as Jos Mart, William Carlos Williams, Julia Alvarez, Oscar Hijuelos, Cristina Garca, Piri Thomas, Esmeralda Santiago, and Junot Daz. Thirteen years in the making, sheds new light on through a gathering of writing unprecedented in scope and vitality.