Books

None of the Above

Puerto Ricans in the Global Era
New York: Palgrave, 2007

"Arguably the most brilliant among an impressive cohort of Puerto Rican cultural critics, Negrón-Muntaner has put together a stylish, serious, totally compelling collection."

- Bruce Robbins, author, Feeling Global: Internationalism in Distress

Boricua Pop

Puerto Ricans and the Latinization of American Culture
New York: New York University Press, 2004

"A quantum leap over previous studies of Puerto Rican identity ... a ground-breaking piece of work.”

- Halbert Barton, author, Bomba!: The Drum-Dance Challenge and Puerto Rican Cultural Politics

Puerto Rican Jam

Rethinking Colonialism and Nationalism
Co-edited with Ramón Grosfoguel
Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997

"Timely and provocative."

- Doris Sommer, author, Foundational Fictions: The National Romances of Latin America

Poetry

Anatomy of a Smile and Other Poems
San Juan and Santo Domingo: Editorial Isla Negra, 2007

"An innovative and vigorous voice within North American, Latin American, and lesbian literatures."

-- Elena M. Martínez, author, Lesbian Voices from Latin America: Breaking Ground

Shouting in a Whisper: Latino Poets in Philadelphia
Chile: Asterión Press and Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, 1994

"[Shows] the dynamism and vitality of Latino writers everywhere in the United States."

-- Asterión Press

Selected Prose

2015
2014
  • “The Latino Media Gap: The State of Latinos in Media,” (New York: National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) and Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, 2014)
  • “The Gang’s Not All Here: Highlights from the ‘State of Latinos in Media,” Arlene Dávila and Yeidy Rivero, eds., Latinos in Media (New York University Press, 2014)
2013
  • “Small Steps to Big Change,” Hispanics in Philanthropy and Media and Idea Lab
  • “Introduction” (with Virginia Sánchez-Korrol), American Latino Theme Study (Washington DC: National Park Service, 2013)
  • “Pop Justice,” Book Review, November, 2013
  • "The Raging 70s,” Exhibition Catalogue, Gallery at the Center, Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race at Columbia University, October 8, 2013
2012
2011
2010
  • “The Writing on the Wall: The Life and Passion of Jean-Michel Basquiat” reprinted in Hispanic New York: A Sourcebook (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010)
  • “Los dos sueños de Jacobo: Cine y nación en el cine de Jacobo Morales,” in Rosana Díaz Zambrano, ed. Cinema Paraiso: Representaciones e imágenes audiovisuales en el Caribe hispano (2010). Translated to English by Katerina Seligmann as “Jacobo’s Two Dreams: Nation and Film in the Work of Jacobo Morales,” in Jeffrey Middents and Tamara Falicov eds., Latin American Film Criticism (Studies in Hispanic Cinemas, 2012).
2009
  • “Poesía de Porquería: La lírica post-reguetónica de Calle 13,” Revista Iberoamericana No. 229 (October-December 2009): 1095-1106. Translated to English by Maritza Hernández and published as “Poetry of Filth: The Post Reggaetonic Lyrics of Calle 13” in Raquel Z. Rivera, Deborah Hernández Pacini, and Wayne Marshalls, eds., Reading Reggaeton (Duke University Press, 2010): 327-340
  • “Mariela Castro, los homosexuales y la política cubana,” Nueva Sociedad, No 218 (2009): 163-179
2007
  • “Reggaeton Nation” (with Raquel Z. Rivera), NACLA: Report on the Americas, Vol. 40, no. 6, November/December 2007, 35-39. Translated to Spanish by Raquel Z. Rivera and reprinted in Nueva Sociedad, 2009.
  • “Metiendo la pata,” in David Caleb Acevedo, Moisés Agosto, and Luis Negrón, eds., Los otros cuerpos (San Juan: Tiempo Nuevo, 2007): 345-356
  • “The Ugly Dyckling,” CENTRO: Journal of the Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Queer Issue (May, 2007): 351-359
  • “Things That Toni Taught Me”, in Savoring the Salt: The Legacy of Toni Cade Bambara, edited by Linda J. Holmes and Cheryl A. Wall (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2007)
  • “Celia’s Shoes,” in Myra Mendible, ed., From Bananas to Buttocks: The Latina Body in Popular Film and Culture, (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2007)
2006
2005
  • “Showing Face: Boxing and Nation-building in the Caribbean,” in Franklin Knight and Teresa Martínez-Vergne, eds., The Contemporary Caribbean  (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2005): 97-116
2004
  • “Elegía Nuyorican,” El Nuevo Día, August 8, 2004, 5
2002
2001
  • “Rosario Ferré: La subversión permanente,” in Victor Federico Torres, ed., Narradores puertorriqueños: Guía bio-bibliográfica (2001): 63-72
  • “Inside the ITVS Jury Room,” The Independent, Special Issue on Public Television, May (2001): 32-35
1999
1998
  • “In Praise of the Spitfire: Celebrating Rita Moreno’s Life and Career,” CineAcción 6th Annual Cine Latino Festival Catalogue (1998): 5-9
1997
  • “Drama Queens: Latino Gay and Lesbian Independent Media,” in Chon Noriega and Ana López, eds. The Ethnic Eye: Latino Media Arts (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1997): 59-78
  • “Jennifer’s Butt,” in Aztlán Vol. 22, No. 2 (1997): 181-194.
1995
1994
1993
  • “Twenty Years of Puerto Rican Activism: An Interview with Luis ‘Popo’ Santiago,” Radical America 25, no. 1 (1993): 39–51
1992
1991

Selected Journalism

Huffington Post

  • “Nowhere to Hide,” November 5, 2012
  • “AméRica,” November 30, 2011. Reproduced in Latinos in the Industry, December 2, 2011

El Diario/La Prensa

  • “Por el momento, extranjera,” November 9, 2011
  • “Si gana Obama, los negros se van a alzar,” March 5, 2008
  • “La hermana de Obama,” February 20, 2008
  • “Adiós Fidel,” February 13, 2008
  • “Justicia para José Padilla,” January 30, 2008
  • “Negro en América,” January 23, 2008
  • “Reguetón para Obama,” January 16, 2008
  • “Visa o muerte,” January 9, 2008
  • “Hipocresía Navideña,” December 26, 2007
  • “Hecho en Los Angeles,” December 19, 2007
  • “Residentes y visitantes,” December 12, 2007
  • “Relevo reggaetónico,” December 5, 2007

The San Juan Star and Puerto Rico Herald

El Mundo

  • “Latino World Order,” July 17, 1999, 34
  • “La devaluación del cubano,” July 9, 1999, 34
  • "Go Spurs Go!," June 25, 1999, 34
  • "Rickymanías: Crossover o latinización (I and II)," May 28/June 5, 1999, 34
  • "Desempacando mi biblioteca," May 22, 1999, 34
  • "El lado oscuro del futuro blanco," April 30, 1999, 34
  • "O Sodomía," April 6, 1999, 35
  • "La otra cara del dólar," February 12, 1999, 52
  • “La impotencia del embargo,” January 15, 1999, 55
  • "El 'comeback' de los soterrados," January 8, 1999, 51
  • "Fantasía boricua," December 17, 1998, 52
  • "El trasero de Jennifer López," December 11, 1998, 52