This groundbreaking Norton Anthology includes the work of 184 Latino writers from Chicano, Cuban-, Puerto Rican-, and Dominican-American traditions, as well as writing from other
Spanish-speaking countries. Under the general editorship of award-winning cultural critic Ilan Stavans, The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature traces four centuries of writing, from
letters to the Spanish crown by sixteenth-century conquistadors to the cutting-edge expressions of twenty-first-century cartoonistas and artists of reggaeton. In six chronological
sections—Colonization, Annexation, Acculturation, Upheaval, Into the Mainstream, and Popular Traditions—it encompasses all genres, featuring such writers as Jos矇 Mart穩, William Carlos Williams,
Julia Alvarez, Oscar Hijuelos, Cristina Garc穩a, Piri Thomas, Esmeralda Santiago, and Junot D穩az. Twelve years in the making, The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature sheds new light
on "nuestra America" through a gathering of writing unprecedented in scope and vitality.
