COMPANEROS: AN ANTHOL­OGY OF WRITINGS ABOUT LATIN AMERICA Edited by Hugh Hazelton and Gary Geddes Dunvegan (Ont.), Cormorant Books, 1990. 320pp, paper, $12.95 ISBN 0-920953-37-9. CIP Grades 12 and up/Ages 17 and up Reviewed by Joan McGrath. Volume 19 Number 3 1991 May Companeros is an ambitious collection of poetry, short fiction and description of Latin America. The work of eighty-seven authors has been divided under the six headings of Mexico; Caribbean and North East Coast; Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua; Colombia, Peru; Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay; and Chile. The material of this extremely diverse anthology shares not only the subject of Latin America, but a connection with Canada. All of the writers are either English-Canadian, quebecois, or Latin Americans who have immigrated to Canada. (Is it now considered to be an acceptable form of editorialization to differentiate between Canadians and quebecois? Surely not.) As might be expected, much of the content reflects the tumultuous political and social trauma afflicting the Latin American world and the corrosive bitterness of its victims. Some of the more graphic descriptions of torture and brutality are quite horrific. Here are may realities: whether they approach the reality, who can say? Certainly, this is powerful and evocative material, providing a host of personal reflections worthy to be read and pondered. Proceeds from the book are dedi­cated to an OXFAM project for Latin America in honour of Earle Birney, one of the best-known contributors. Joan McGrath, Toronto Board of Education, Toronto, Ont.