This special issue contains the following articles: (1) "Critiquing the Center: Rigoberta Menchu and Enrique Dussel" (Joseph R. Hoff); (2) "Caroline Maria De Jesus: A Testimonial Voice in the Wilderness" (Eva Bueno); (3) "Latin American Women's Voices: La Malinche to Rigoberta Menchu" (Ana Maria Romo de Mease); (4) "China in Borges''The Garden of Forking Paths'" (Bettye S. Walsh); (5) "Julio Cortazar: Political Action and His Last Fiction" (Isolina Battistozzi); (6) "The Violence of Memory: Excavating Truth, Unearthing Identity in 'Ashes of Izalco'" (Karen McGovern); (7) "The Inquisition Case of Mauricia Josepha De Apelo: Questioning Identity" (Magali M. Carrera); (8) "Narrator's Mask(s) and Text's Metamorphosis: Some Keys for the Latin American's Narrative in the '80's" (Hiber Conteris); (9) "Introducing Latin American Culture with Short Stories: First Person Narratives as 'I' Openers" (Donovan Johnson); (10) "Teaching Narrative Structure and Post Dirty War Argentine History through Luis Puenzo's 'The Official Story'" (Terry Krueger); (11) "Teaching Approaches to Rosario Ferre's 'Sweet Diamond Dust'" (Nora Erro-Peralta); (12) "Changing the Canon: Introductory Literature Courses as Stepping Stones" (Ann M. Wellington); (13) "Multiple Realities in Mario Vargas Llosa's 'The Storyteller'" (Diane Kamali); and (14) "Latin American Fiction: A Selected Bibliography" (Kay Gerard). (VWC)