This chapter has five sections: 1. Poetry; 2. Fiction 1900-1945; 3. Fiction since 1945; 4. Drama; 5. Native, Asian American, Latino/a and General Ethnic Writing. Section 1 is by Lacy Rumsey; section 2 is by Stephen McVeigh and Elizabeth Nolan; section 3 is by Sarah MacLachlan, Rachel van Duyvenbode and Luigi Fidanza; section 4 is by Steven Price; section 5 is by A. Robert Lee. Alan Rice's section on African American literature was unavoidably postponed this year; his section next year will cover material published in both 2003 and 2004.