Presents a diverse sample of twentieth century Latin American poems from eighty-four authors in Spanish, Portuguese, Ladino, Spanglish, and several indigenous l

Presents over two hundred poems written by American women poets, drawn from a period that ranges from the colonial era through the twentieth century.

Redefines the great canon of American poetry from its origins in the 17th century right up to the present.

"What a great premise for an anthology! And it succeeds, both in its celebration of our crazy culture and its fascinating analysis, through the poems, of popula