Introduction: the search for wholeness
Colonization: 1537-1810
Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (1484-1566)
Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca (ca. 1490-ca. 1560)
Fray Marcos de Niza (ca. 1495-1558)
Hernando de Soto (ca. 1496-1542)
Pedro Castañeda de Nájera (ca. 1512-death inknown)
Juan de Castellanos (1522-1607)
"El Inca" Garcilaso de La Vega (ca. 1539-1616)
Sebastián Vizcaíno (1548-1624)
Juan de Oñate (1550-1626)
Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá (ca. 1555-1620)
Fray Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711)
Fray Junípero Serra (1713-1784)
Fray Juan Crespi (1721-1782)
Juan Bautista de Anza (1736-1788)
Annexations: 1811-1898
Félix Varela (1787-1853)
Eulalia Pérez (ca. 1780-death unknown)
Antonio María Osio y Higuera (1800-1878)
Gaspar Betancourt Cisneros (1803-1866)
José María Heredia (1803-1839)
Frontier memoirs
Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (1806-1890)
José Policarpo Rodríguez (1829-1914)
Andrew García (1855?-1943)
Southwestern newspaper poetry
Juan B. Hijar y Jaro (dates unknown)
J. M. Vigil (dates unknown)
José Rómulo Ribera (birth unknown-1917)
Luis A. Torres (dates unknown)
Luis Tafoya aka X.X.X. (1851-1922)
Ramón Emeterio Betances (1827-1898)
María Amparo Ruiz de Burton (1832-1895)
Eugenio María de Hostos (1839-1903)
Lola Rodríguez de Tió (1843-1924)
Sotero Figueroa (1851-1923)
José Martí (1853-1895)
Manuel M. Salazar (1854-1911)
Luis Muñoz Rivera (1859-1916)
Miguel Antonio Otero Jr. (1859-1944)
Francisco Gonzalo "Pachín" Marín (1863-1897)
Fabio Fiallo (1866-1942)
José Escobar (dates unknown)
Jesse Pérez (1870-1927)
Julio G. Arce aka Jorge Ulica (1870-1926)
The Chacón family
Eusebio Chacón (1869-1948)
Felipe Maximiliano Chacón (1873-1949)
Isidoro Armijo (1871-1949)
Acculturation: 1899-1945
Arthur A. Schomburg (1874-1938)
Leonor Villegas de Magnón (1876-1955)
Cleofas M. Jaramillo (1878-1956)
Daniel Venegas (ca. 1880-ca. 1935)
Adelina "Nina" Otero-Warren (1881-1965)
William Carlos Williams (1883-1963)
Bernardo Bega (1885-1965)
Vicente J. Bernal (1888-1915)
Pedro Albizu Campos (1891-1965)
María Cristina Mena (1893-1965)
Fabiola Cabeza de Baca Gilbert (ca. 1894-1991)
Luis Muńoz Marín (1898-1980)
Jesús Colón (1901-1974)
Felipe Alfau (1902-1999)
José Dávila Semprit (1902-1958)
Eugenio Florit (1903-1999)
Jovita González de Mireles (1904-1983)
Ernesto Galarza (1905-1984)
Luis Leal (1907-2010)
Fray Angélico Chávez (1910-1996)
Josefina Niggli (1910-1983)
Upheaval: 1946-1979
Julia de Burgos (1914-1953)
Américo Paredes (1915-1999)
Guillermo Cotto-Thorner (1916-1983)
René Marqués (1919-1979)
Sabine R. Ulibarrí (1919-2003)
José Yglesias (1919-1995)
José Antonio Villarreal (b. 1924)
Mario Suárez (1925-1998)
José Luis González (1926-1994)
César Chávez (1927-1993)
Nash Candelaria (b. 1928)
Rodolfo "Corky" Gonzales (1928-2005)
Pedro Juan Soto (1928-2002)
Piri Thomas (b. 1928)
Richard Vazquez (1928-1994)
Rolando Hinojosa (b. 1929)
María Irene Fornés (b. 1930)
Rosario Morales and Aurora Levins Morales (b. 1930 and b. 1954)
Jaime Carrero (b. 1931)
Abelardo "Lalo" Delgado (1931-2004)
Heberto Padilla (1932-2000)
Jack Agüeros (b. 1934)
John Rechy (b. 1934)
Oscar "Zeta" Acosta (1935-1974)
Nicholasa Mohr (b. 1935)
Tomäs Rivera
Luis Rafael Sänchez (b. 1936)
Estela Portillo Trambley(1936-1999)
Rudolfo A. Anaya (b. 1937)
Lourdes Casal (1938-1981)
Rosario Ferré (b. 1938)
Arturo Islas (1938-1991)
Mary Helen Ponce (b. 1938)
José Antonio Burciaga (1940-1996)
José Kozer (b. 1940)
Luis Valdez (b. 1940)
Victor Villaseñor (b. 1940)
Ricardo Sánchez (1941-1995)
The Nuyorican poets
Miguel Algarín (b. 1941)
Pedro Pietri (1944-2004)
José Angel Figueroa (b. 1946)
Miguel Piñero (1946-1988)
Sandra María Esteves (b. 1948)
Tato Laviera (b. 1950)
Jesús "Papoleto" Meléndez (b. 1951)
San Antonio women poets
Angela de Hoyos (1940-2009)
Evangelina Vigil-Piñón (b. 1949)
Carmen Tafolla (b. 1951)
Puerto Rican young lords
Iris Morales (b. 1948)
Pablo Guzmán (b. 1951)
Into the mainstream: 1980-present
Tino Villanueva (b. 1941)
Isabel Allende (b. 1942)
Gloria Anzaldúa (1942-2004)
Ariel Dorfman (b. 1942)
Reinaldo Arenas (1943-1990)
Dolores Prida (b. 1943)
Edward Rivera (1944-2001)
Richard Rodriguez (b. 1944)
Alma Luz Villanueva (b. 1944)
Lucha Corpi (b. 1945)
Octavio Armand (b. 1946)
René Alomá (1947-1986)
Alberto Baltazar Heredia Urista aka Alurista (b. 1947)
Luz María Umpierre-Herrera (b. 1947)
Denise Chávez (b. 1948)
Juan Felipe Herrera (b. 1948)
Pablo Medina (b. 1948)
Esmeralda Santiago (b. 1948)
Sherezada "Chiqui" Vicioso (b. 1948)
Victor Hernández Cruz (b. 1949)
Jaime Manrique (b. 1949)
Julia Alvarez (b. 1950)
Dagoberto Gilb (b. 1950)
Carlos M. N. Eire (b. 1951)
Roberto G. Fernández (b. 1951)
Franklin Gutiérrez (b. 1951)
Oscar Hijuelos (b. 1951)
Jimmy Santiago Baca (b. 1952)
Pat Mora (b. 1952)
Cherríe Moraga (b. 1952)
Judith Ortiz Cofer (b. 1952)
Alberto Álvaro Ríos (b. 1952)
Gary Soto (b. 1952)
Giannina Braschi (b. 1953)
Ana Castillo (b. 1953)
Eduardo Machado (b. 1953)
Kathleen Alcalá (b. 1954)
Lorna Dee Cervantes (b. 1954)
Francisco Goldman (b. 1954)
Elías Miguel Muñoz (b. 1954)
Michael Nava (b. 1954)
Ricardo Pau-Llosa (b. 1954)
Luis J. Rodríguez (b. 1954)
Helena María Viramontes (b. 1954)
Writers of Latinidad
Silvia Curbelo (b. 1955)
Cecilia Rodríguez Milanés (b. 1961)
Adrián Castro (b. 1967)
Richard Blanco (b. 1968)
Sandra M. Castillo (b. 1968)
Guillermo Gómez-Peña (b. 1955)
Carlos Morton (b. 1955)
José Rivera (b. 1955)
Luis Alberto Urrea (b. 1955)
Roberto Valero (1955-1994)
Ruth Behar (b. 1956)
Susana Chávez-Silverman (b. 1956)
Dionisio Martínez (b. 1956)
Achy Orejas (b. 1956)
Martín Espada (b. 1957)
Rolando Pérez (b. 1957)
Carolina Hospital (b. 1957)
Cristina García (b. 1958)
Alicia Gaspar de Alba (b. 1958)
Nilo Cruz (b. 1959)
Demetria Martínez (b. 1960)
Abraham Rodriguez (b. 1961)
Rubén Martínez (b. 1962)
Virgil Suárez (b. 1962)
Rafael Campo (b. 1963)
Junot Díaz (b. 1968)
Ana Menéndez (b. 1970)
Willie Perdomo (b. 1971)
Manuel Muñoz (b. 1975)
Daniel Alarcón (b. 1977)
María Teresa "Mariposa" Fernández (b. 1977)
Popular dimensions
Dichos
Chistes
Cartoonistas
Gus Arriola (1917-2009)
The Hernandez brothers: Mario (b. 1953), Gilberto (b. 1957), and Jaime (b. 1959)
Lalo López Alcaraz (b. 1964)
Teatro popular
Culture Clash
Cuentos and leyendas
Canciones
Appendix 1: Chronology. Literature and history
Appendix 2: Treaties, acts, and propositions
Appendix 3: Influential essays by Latin American writers
José Enrique Rodó (1872-1917)
José Vasconcelos (1882-1959)
Octavio Paz (1914-1998)
Roberto Fernández Retamar (b. 1930).