The literature coming out about the communities around Guatemala’s Lake Atitlán is abundant. Some of this literature is the result of individual or community efforts to document Maya oral tradition. The indigenous writers in this region working on the revitalization of Maya culture write openly, as opposed to Ignacio Bizarro Ujpán, who continues to write anonymously (keeping a diary) as a paid worker for James D. Sexton. This is the case with the recently published volume Joseño: Another Mayan Voice Speaks from Guatemala, which is a product of this collaborative work of secret documentation.This volume contains the diary of Ignacio Bizarro Ujpán (pseudonym) covering the years from 1987 to 1998. The material consists of brief journalistic accounts of daily life and events in his own community, as well as from the communities around Lake Atitlán. These vignettes deal with a variety of issues: armed conflict, human rights abuses and massacres, drunkenness, local politics and national political parties, religious conflicts, violence, and corruption.The chronicles of Bizarro Ujpán are interesting because he uses information from his personal experiences, and writes also about gossip and national radio and TV news broadcasts. This tells us that indigenous people are affected not only by local events but also by regional and national political events. The reporting of everyday life events is a good practice, because it helps us to understand the process of change and continuities in these highly touristic indigenous communities. It shows that communities are not always in perfect balance or harmony and that there are political problems that divide families, communities, and even reli gious groups. Bizarro Ujpán continuously connects the past with the present by going back and forth, retelling the events and their aftermath years later.The armed conflict between the army and guerrillas, as well as religious conflicts between Catholics and Protestants, are two major themes of the book. He does not identify himself with either group and claims to be neutral. Thus, from this anonymity, he continues to document community problems such as family feuds, drinking, and gossiping in the town. Sometimes, he elicits secret information from Maya priests and writes about it without caring to protect secret knowledge.Overall, the reports of Bizarro Ujpán in this volume are of great interest because they show us that the army and guerrilla conflict continued in this region, as demonstrated by the case of the massacre in Santiago Atitlán on December 1, 1991, which evoked a national and international outcry, forcing the army to be expelled from the town. Political and armed conflict were not the sole cause of problems in the communities; religion was also a major source of conflict, such as among the factions of Protestants and Catholics. Even among Catholics there was a conflict between the traditionalists and the politicized members of Catholic Action, who wanted to get rid of traditional Maya religious practices by undermining the role and power of the elders.Bizarro Ujpán tells us that now that he is a grandfather, he is more careful about what he says and does because young people tend to follow the path of the elders. Bizarro Ujpán frequently uses popular Spanish sayings to emphasize his points and provide examples of how elders should be respected, as they too give advice and counsel. The stories of drunkenness and the neglect of traditional teachings of the ancestors exemplify the problems that beset those who disobey. Definitely, his diary-keeping throughout the years will help us to understand the changes and cultural continuities among the Maya living on the shores of Lake Atitlán. The book is appropriate for scholars and the general public interested in Latin America, particularly the Maya.