CLCWeb's 4.2 (June 2002) is online now at http://clcwebjournal.lib.purdue.edu. A thematic issue guest edited by Sophia A. McClennen (Illinois State U) and Earl E. Fitz (Vanderbilt U), "Comparative Cultural Studies and Latin America" contains papers by Gene H. Bell-Villada on the value of teaching Latin American literature, Gordon Brotherston and Lucia de Sa on America's first peoples and their literature, Elizabeth Coonrod Martinez on the Latin American novel of the 1920s, Roman de la Campa on Latin American studies, Earl E. Fitz on comparative Spanish American and Brazilian literature, Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria on Latin American comparative literature, Sophia A. McClennen on comparative literature and Latin American studies, Alberto Moreiras on Borges, Julio Ortega on Latin American cultural studies, Christina Marie Tourino on Cuban Americas in NYC, and Mario J. Valdes on the comparative history of Latin American literature. The issue also contains a selected bibliography of works about comparative Latin American literature and culture, compiled by Sophia A. McClennen.