How did “Latin American literature” come to be? In this episode of Crash Course Latin American Literature, we trace the origins of this region’s stories from the pre-Columbian era all the way to the Boom of the 1960s. Introduction: Stories as History 00:00 Pre-Columbian Literature 0:23 Poetry & Bello 2:34 Bolívar 4:37 The Latin American Boom 6:08 Gabriel García Márquez 8:04 Review & Credits 10:57