The work of Omar Castaneda epitomized the new era of Latino writing that combined art and heart: hyper-arte and hyper-corazon. This anthology fulfills his vision of a collection of fiction and cross-genre prose by contemporary Latino/a writers on unspeakable topics. These works upset and disturb the gentleman's agreement upon which some of the current politics of Latino identity are precariously based. They also attain a new level of craft, a high style of writing to topple the current politics of aesthetics that threatens to oppress all writers. New pieces by Judith Ortiz Cofer, Lionel G. Castillo, Stephen Gutierrez, Luis Alfaro, and Rick Najera join the voices of newcomers and the never-before-released work of the late Castaneda. Every entry catches the high style of new thoughts, new forms, and killer prose that simultaneously sabotage the politics of English and Spanglish. This writing brings together art and politics and unites the best of several possible worlds under the Latino canopy of multi-multiculturalism, an exponential-culturalism. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.