A collection of poetry from 55 Latinos/as. The first and still the most complete anthology of the best U.S. Latino and Latina poets from diverse origins in the Latin world: Cuba, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. "Readers should be prepared for weeping, laughing, and awe" (Harvard Review). Alvarez, Baca, Cervantes, Espada, Firmat, Gonzalez, Medina, Pau-Llosa, Rios, Rodríguez, Saenz, Villanueva, et al.