The History of Surrealism, penned by Maurice Nadeau and first unveiled in 1944, is a seminal exploration of this groundbreaking artistic movement. It delves into the movement's sweeping evolution and the vibrant internal debates that shaped the very essence of artistic creation. The text is enriched by the voices of leading surrealists like Breton, Tzara, and Aragon, whose insights are generously shared.

Debuting in 1967, Luis Harss and Barbara Dohmann’s Into the Mainstream: Conversations with Latin American Writers is a pioneering work, presenting an intimate dialogue with the foremost scribes of the Spanish-American Boom. The book offers riveting interviews with literary giants such as Asturias, Borges, Cortázar, Fuentes, García Márquez, and Vargas Llosa.

Landmarks in Modern Latin American Fiction, curated by Philip Swanson, is a mosaic of essays celebrating the luminaries of twentieth-century Latin American literature. This collection features enlightening discourses on magical realists like García Márquez and Borges, alongside avant-garde visionaries such as Cortázar and Rulfo. Through its pages, the reader discovers the rich tapestry of Latin American literary traditions during the Boom period.

The 1993 exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art gave birth to Latin American Artists of the Twentieth Century, edited by Waldo Rasmussen. This collection offers a captivating array of essays that chart the visual trends sweeping through Latin America over the past century. Particularly noteworthy are the essays that examine the interplay between Surrealism and Latin American artistic movements.

A quarter-century ago, Eduardo Galeano—a luminary from Paraguay—crafted a compelling socio-political narrative in Open Veins of Latin America. This profound work remains a definitive poetic and historical analysis of the region's colonial and postcolonial realities, especially in relation to United States foreign interventions.

In a 1999 piece for The New Yorker Magazine, Jon Anderson explores “The Power of Gabriel García Márquez,” painting a vivid portrait of this prolific author against the backdrop of Colombia’s complex political and social landscape.

Naomi Lindstrom’s critical tome, Twentieth-Century Spanish American Fiction (1994), meticulously chronicles the evolution of Latin American literature across the entire century. She casts a spotlight on pivotal works set within their historical milieu, offering in-depth analyses of proponents of literary movements such as Realism, Modernism, Magical Realism, Avant-Gardism, and both the Boom and Post-Boom eras.