When someone writes the history of Spanish American literature in the late 20th and early 21st centuries, they will have to explain how and why at a certain point the most memorable books got written in English. We make no judgment on the matter, and out of respect for such a delicate subject will stay far away from offering an explanation, but clearly something very powerful goes on in the work of Oscar Hijuelos, Junot Díaz, Julia Alvarez, Sandra Cisneros, Luis Alberto Urrea, and many, many others...
