Publications

RicanWritings

A Call to Remember: Bad Bunny’s El espectáculo de medio tiempo del ...

May 11, 2026

Editor’s note: All images included in this text are screenshots from the Apple Music Super Bowl Halftime… Learn More

RicanWritings

Excerpts from “Archiving the Intangible” by Herbert Durán featured ...

April 24, 2026

Victor Fernández Fragoso Papers. Special Edition of “Aquí”: ViFr_b01_f10_0001_pg01. Center for Puerto Rican Studies Library & Archives,… Learn More

RicanWritings

Trains collide: The 1981-82 University of Puerto Rico student strike

April 07, 2026

Part one of a four-part series. In September 1981, students at the flagship Río Piedras campus of… Learn More

Book

ser islas/being islands

by Víctor Fragosotranslated by Paul Orbuchwith archival photos and materials Originally published in 1976, this latest bilingual… Learn More

Zines

Zine: The History of the U.S. Military in Puerto Rico

This zine highlights the history of militarization in Puerto Rico since 1898. It includes a timeline of… Learn More

RicanWritings

This photo is documentation of audiences wearing the weeping masks as part of a public performance of "I came here to weep," July 2023, at the outdoor amphitheater at Abrons Arts Center.

Exorcising Memory: Yanira Castro and the Choreography of Liberation

February 06, 2026

Imagine this: a huge red mural stretches across the façade of a building, with bold black letters… Learn More

RicanWritings

Green foliage peaking over colorful breeze blocks.

More than meets the I: The link between perspectives and lived spac...

January 30, 2026

As I am sitting near the pool table of one of Rio Piedras’s oldest bars, El Boricua,… Learn More

RicanWritings

Un encuentro en el archipiélago

January 29, 2026

El altar, parte de la exhibición de la artista visual Jomary Ortega, residente del encuentro. Imagen: Sthephanie Ríos.… Learn More

RicanWritings

Tarp and produce nets embroidered and beaded onto an orange floral quilted comforter.

Un edredón para los turistas: An analysis into the discomfort of di...

January 23, 2026

FEMA Tarps and USACE Blue Roofs Aid in Protecting Homes From Further Damage Release Date: October 19,… Learn More

RicanWritings

Black and white photos of women wearing dresses surrounding a Venus statue.

The right to exist: Pablo Delano’s reclamation of colonial history

January 16, 2026

Porto Rico non existe! – exclaimed a frustrated mail clerk in Italy. I had been visiting a… Learn More

RicanWritings

Distorted self-portrait of the artist in the mirror. Their face is morphed into four squished-together faces. Their body remains mostly untouched.

Confronting authenticity and self-reflection in Gabriella Torres-Fe...

January 15, 2026

The mirror often provokes profound and unsettling feelings of discomfort. Its reflective surface confronts us with rarely… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

The CENTRO Militarization Reader

At the time of writing these lines, the Caribbean basin is undergoing the most rapid re- militarization… Learn More

RicanWritings

Ceramic pink orifices lined up on the wall in neat rectangles.

El roto como retrato: Roberto Márquez Jorge and the Inversion of Po...

January 09, 2026

It is clear that the world is purely parodic, in other words, that each thing seen is… Learn More

Book

CENTRO Journal vol. XXXVI, no. 1, Spring 2024

DESCRIPTION CENTRO JOURNAL SPRING 2024 | VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 1 SPECIAL ISSUE: The Life, Times, and Writings of Bernardo Vega… Learn More

Book

animal fiero y tierno/fierce and tender animal

DESCRIPTION ANIMAL FIERO Y TIERNOfierce and tender animal by Ángela María Dávila Malavétranslated by Roque Raquel Salas… Learn More

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CENTRO Journal vol. XXXVI, no. 3, Fall 2024

DESCRIPTION TABLE OF CONTENTS CENTRO JOURNAL FALL 2024 | VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 3 “¡Esto no sale de la nada!”: AgitArte’s… Learn More

Book

CENTRO Journal vol. XXXVII, no. 1, Spring 2025

DESCRIPTION CENTRO JOURNAL SPRING 2025 • VOLUME XXXVII • NUMBER 1 WATER PROOF: OLAS DE MEMORIA GUEST… Learn More

Book

CENTRO Journal vol. XXXVII, no. 2, Summer 2025

DESCRIPTION CENTRO JOURNAL Summer 2025 | VOLUME 37 | NUMBER 2 Mapping Social Death Across Alexa Negrón Luciano’s (After)Life: Language, Disablement,… Learn More

Book

Diasporic Collage + Coastal Relations Exhibition Catalogue

DESCRIPTION Diasporic Collage: Puerto Rico and the Survival of a PeopleCurated by Dr. Yomaira Figueroa-Vásquez, Dr. Windy… Learn More

RicanWritings

"[This] painting is a symbol of US-American colonialism. The house in the painting is emblematic of my Great-Grandmother's house in Patillas, Puerto Rico." - Saint Electric. The painting depicts a pink skeleton looming over a small orange house.

Memory, Space, [Be]longing: The Artistic Production of Estefanía Va...

January 02, 2026

Her childhood memories are the raw material Estefanía Vallejo Santiago uses in her artistic production. To be… Learn More

RicanWritings

Five framed landscape paintings lined up on a wall. Each one is a mountain painted in an unnatural color with a corresponding unnaturally colored sky.

Material Cosmos: A Conversation with Gisela Colón

December 16, 2025

In an increasingly militarized world marked by ever escalating colonial contradictions, apathy and hyper-individualism have become the… Learn More

RicanWritings

The digital plane map inside a plane. The light it gives off is blue.

André Marcel Pagán - Untitled (2022)

December 16, 2025

Anyone who has traveled by airplane has seen the seatback screens that provide on-board entertainment. These have… Learn More

RicanWritings

Three cows painted in bright colors in front of a sprawling green landscape.

Diasporican Art in Motion: Interview with artist Marisol Ruiz

December 16, 2025

A lot of times when something shows up in a painting, it’s because I’ve been thinking about… Learn More

RicanWritings

Image of geometric art work with alternating grey and blue sideways triangles.

Efrén Candelaria

December 16, 2025

In the ever-evolving landscape of Puerto Rican art, few voices carry the depth, rigor, and emotional honesty… Learn More

RicanWritings

"I show myself multiple as a cloned army, with a marked face, with scars, tattooed with images, photos..." - Brenda Cruz Díaz

Interviewing Artist Brenda Cruz Díaz

December 16, 2025

Brenda Cruz Díaz is a woman of many hats. She is an interdisciplinary artist, (art) historian, and… Learn More

RicanWritings

Vejigante sitting in a tree. The chest of the figure is filled with colorful shapes.

Elisa Dore and the Figure of the Vejigante as a Reclaiming of her P...

December 15, 2025

The themes of Puerto Rican-ness and Puerto Rican identity are common in my work, and a lot… Learn More

RicanWritings

The Fire We Share: On Anthem of Evaporated Tears

December 11, 2025

A review of the poetry collection by Xavier Valcárcel, translated by Roque Raquel Salas Rivera When I… Learn More

RicanWritings

A family bookshelf with photos and figurines. Some objects include rosaries, cassette tapes, books, small clocks, and a teacup.

Andina Marie Osorio

December 09, 2025

On April 10th, 2025, I sat down via video call with artist Andina Marie Osorio and talked… Learn More

RicanWritings

"Large mixed media painting. An abstracted kitchen with a running leak and magnetic fridge with word magnets where the viewer can jumble the Puerto Rican anthem in spanglish to create a new poem." - Misla

MISLA

December 09, 2025

Upon encountering Misla’s work, one may well be getting a glimpse into a very personal, yet instantly… Learn More

RicanWritings

"This is an oil painting based on the design of the Rider-Waite tarot card 'The Fool'" - Isabella Mellado. A person wearing a vejigante mask holds hibiscus flowers in each hand. They wear a yellow shirt with the progress pride flag on the right side of the shirt and a Taino symbol on the left. They stand ankle deep in thick grass with their back to a tree that has "The Fool" tarot card nailed to it. Mountains are sprawling in the background against a bright blue sky.

The Fool: A Journey between Identities

December 09, 2025

The Fool (2024) by the Puerto Rican artist, Isabella Mellado, is a large format oil painting featuring… Learn More

RicanWritings

A blue wooden cabinet with paintings and keepsakes inside.

Diasporican Art: An Interview with Beatriz Amelia Whitehill

December 09, 2025

Raised in Boston, Massachusetts, twenty-six-year-old diasporic artist, Beatriz Whitehill carries Puerto Rico in every step she takes.… Learn More

RicanWritings

Amanda Carmona Bosch: In Transit, Against the Current

December 09, 2025

Amanda Carmona Bosch is a rara avis in the history of Puerto Rican art. In her work, her language,… Learn More

RicanWritings

Green landscape with houses on the mountainside. In the foreground there is a dark wood tree. "The tocororo (Cuban trogon) perches on the highest branch of the tree." - Miguel Trelles

Miguel Trelles Hernández’ Tocororo (2018); What Does Puerto Rican A...

November 15, 2025

Miguel Trelles Hernández grew up on a diet of comic books, novels, and films. That sense of fantasy… Learn More

Report

How United States Policy is Hurting Puerto Rico's Students

Author: Chris Soto, MPA Overview Public school students in Puerto Rico are suffering under the worst learning… Learn More

Report

Mobility, Dispersion and Economic Diversity in Housing Conditions f...

This report presents housing data in legislative districts in the state of New York and compare them… Learn More

Report

Puerto Ricans in New Jersey, 2024

In 2024, New Jersey had the fourth largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States (484,119),… Learn More

RicanWritings

Remembering Rafael Hernández: A Reflection on “Preciosa”

October 20, 2025

Sitting in my living room like so many other Puerto Ricans watching the live stream of Bad… Learn More

RicanWritings

"Digitally collaging a photographic scene of models wearing ceramic and cloth garments with additional visuals of ceramic work" - Gabby Vazquez

Weaving with Memories: Mapping Gabby Vázquez’s Journey Towards Cult...

October 16, 2025

Gabrielle “Gabby” Vázquez is a creative researcher born in Brooklyn to Puerto Rican and Dominican parents. She… Learn More

Report

Urban Renewal and the Displacement of Puerto Ricans in Lincoln Square

This report focuses an overlooked Puerto Rican community in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, called Lincoln Square, during… Learn More

RicanWritings

The More Things Change… Growth, Public Goods, and Hispanic Displace...

September 22, 2025

Once again, the state of New York is asking Hispanic families to bear the inordinate costs of… Learn More

Report

The Housing Profiles for New York State Legislative Districts

The Housing Profiles for New York State Legislative Districts provide basic housing information for New York and… Learn More

Report

Nuestras Cifras- Our Numbers: Sociodemographic Profiles of New York...

This report provides an initial assessment of how Hispanics fare in several sociodemographic aspects relative to the… Learn More

RicanWritings

A white dress patterned with text and lace.

Embodying Gabrielle Vázquez

August 19, 2025

Gabrielle Vázquez is having a lot more fun than you or me. Equal parts artist and art,… Learn More

RicanWritings

Yellow painting with two green borders. The center of the painting has a red square. Underneath the canvas, a cube pushes to the surface.

Causas y efectos según el artista Lope Max Díaz

August 14, 2025

La obra se ha caído. Ha rebotado con el suelo. Su color se ha nivelado al fondo,… Learn More

RicanWritings

NUEVAYol: afterimages for the diaspora

August 13, 2025

The much-anticipated video for Bad Bunny’s song “NUEVAYoL” premiered on the Fourth of July, an auspicious release… Learn More

RicanWritings

Dried palm with attached car air-freshener trees hanging over a branch of bananas/platanos. Under the overhang there is a golden steering wheel, groceries, and dominos. On the wall behind it all there is a bold tapestry of trees.

Memories Through Our Things

August 11, 2025

Collage is derived from the French verb coller, meaning “to stick” (Nguyen, 2024). Ephemeral evidence is rarely… Learn More

RicanWritings

A close up grayscale photo of artist Natalia Lassalle-Morillo standing in front of a tree with her hands behind her head. She looks at the camera with a neutral expression.

Rican(actments): Mourning, Kinship, and Existential Waiting in Nata...

August 07, 2025

The coquí frogs’ chirping fills the audible space before any voices do. It’s a familiar noise for… Learn More

RicanWritings

Large red gates common in Puerto Rican culture intersect to create a corner.

Boundaries of Belonging: Reclaiming Place through Memory and Archit...

August 05, 2025

The idea of place—a space where we belong—is a constant subject for many of us. For Afro-Puerto… Learn More

RicanWritings

Mural of people cooking. Food is in spoons and bowls.

Health & Wellness in the Community: The Art of Cindy Lozito

July 31, 2025

Arrivals Cindy Lozito is a South Philadelphia-based visual storyteller, creating comics, illustrations, and murals that speak to… Learn More

RicanWritings

Painting of a man burning in a patch grass.

Fuego y Cimarronaje en la obra Quema’o #3 del artista Jean “Baco” O...

July 29, 2025

En el celebrado y destacado libro Esclavos Rebeldes. Conspiraciones y sublevaciones en Puerto Rico (1795-1873), el historiador… Learn More

RicanWritings

Mangroves painted in oranges and greens. Viewed from below.

Mi amigue el mangle: Un reencuentro con la obra migratoria de Lauri...

July 23, 2025

Un invierno de 2022 recibí una llamada de la artista visual puertorriqueña Laurie De Jesús Lagares, quien… Learn More

RicanWritings

Orange drawing of roots taking hold of the bright ground.

A Reflection on the Work of Artist Bibiana Suárez

July 22, 2025

Bibiana Suárez, born and raised in Puerto Rico and now based in windy city Chicago, blows the… Learn More

RicanWritings

Installation shot of both Precario and Disertacion criolla.

Cocinando Suave: On the Visual Metaphor of Josué Guarionex

July 17, 2025

With Precario (2023), a chair-like sculpture constructed from discarded pieces of wooden furniture, Puerto Rican-born, New York-based… Learn More

RicanWritings

A digitally compiled image of four photographs. A bookshelf holds framed photographs and relics of the artist’s father, with some items on the floor. One photo shows a black-and-white Puerto Rican flag, a woman standing in front of a door, and a framed Puerto Rican flag in front of her, with office supplies below and a smaller framed Puerto Rican flag below. An image of a notebook with PR PASSION in orange lettering and a blue outline overlaps this photo. Another image features trinkets, a stuffed bear, and a projector on a chair where her father last sat, projecting a Bacardi bottle. Tola’s Room is written in white on a red square in the bottom left. A yellow backdrop frames the images.

Not Your Typical House Museum: Puerto Rican Space Making through Ar...

July 16, 2025

I first met Christina in 2018. We were Innovative Cultural Advocacy Fellows at the Caribbean Cultural Center… Learn More

RicanWritings

Ink drawing of medical diagrams, figures, text, on a green background.

Con ES-MERO: La línea La línea diversificada y meticulosa de Pseudo...

July 10, 2025

“Cuando una obra tiene una sola interpretación para todo el que la mira, no es una obra de… Learn More

RicanWritings

A bowl, grater, and various tools mixed with root vegetables and platanos are set in a radial position in the middle of concentric charcoal circles on canvas.

(Re)mejunje: In Conversation with Valeria Tizol Vivas

July 08, 2025

To say remejunje:requemar begins or ends with a particular gesture would be misleading. Throughout the performance, Valeria… Learn More

RicanWritings

A bartender looks sadly into the distance.

In Direction of the Sun: An analysis of the monochromatic high key ...

July 03, 2025

Since color became the default in cinema, using black-and-white is now a deliberate choice (Misek, 2010). In… Learn More

RicanWritings

Installation of works that look like the square and blocky aerial view of farmland from a plane.

Navigating Noise, Diasporic Mappings, and Ruptured Spaces: The Prac...

July 01, 2025

Nayda Collazo-Llorens (b.1968, San Juan, PR) is an artist based in Michigan who works on paper, canvas,… Learn More

RicanWritings

A layered quilted collage of flowers, people, and rainbows.

Digging Deep: The Archeology of Identity in Amber Robles-Gordon’s Art

June 26, 2025

Working in the arts was something I never envisioned for myself, considering my background as a Human… Learn More

RicanWritings

Collage on paper of images of Puerto Rican flags, religious figures, someone wearing sandals, colorful paper, and seashells. There is a note in the middle that reads "Your sad eyes always radiates/ed a smile/s. Your hands always healing and your soul ever forgives/ing. Your feet righteously grounded. I was so blessed but now I'm missing you now Mommy I am so thirsty now. All that you are is/was gone/joy."

Collage as Common Ground: Juan Sánchez’ "Poema para Mami" (2013)

June 24, 2025

So many things are familiar to me in this image: the chanclas, a staple of my childhood,… Learn More

RicanWritings

Decorated and painted spiked mace weapons sit on pink display boxes in a gallery.

Arming the Contemporary Through Memory and Fantasy: A Look at Tools...

June 19, 2025

If one was to enter the Caribbean history wing at a museum, assuming said museum would even… Learn More

RicanWritings

Three women, two with fluffy dresses and one with a patterned blouse sits on a couch at home.

Christopher López’s Hoboken Fires: From Ashes, a Counter-Archive Em...

June 16, 2025

On October 25, 1981, Ana Mercado lost her life along with her father, husband, and four children.… Learn More

RicanWritings

An image of the interior of a plane. A sand pile in the shape of a child sits in one of the plane chairs.

The Formation of Islets as a Metaphor Against Distance and Oblivion...

June 13, 2025

Islands arise through dynamic geological processes, including volcanic activity, tectonic plate shifts, and erosion. These forces not… Learn More

RicanWritings

Culture Under Siege: Policing Culture

May 29, 2025

What happens when the state attempts to regulate culture under the guise of protection? In our latest… Learn More

Book

Testimony before the Puerto Rico Advisory Committee to the United S...

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RicanWritings

Palestine in the Nuyorican Literary Imagination: Pedro Pietri’s “Wi...

April 21, 2025

Tomorrow will always be / Within reach of us all // Because the many are / Plenty… Learn More

Policy Brief

¿No Pagan Taxes? Overview Of Federal Revenue-Raising In Puerto Rico...

Residents of Puerto Rico pay federal taxes. They did so to the tune of $5 billion in… Learn More

RicanWritings

Reseña Debí Tirar Más Fotos (2025) por Bad Bunny

March 10, 2025

Uno de los coros más populares en la época Navideña en mi Puerto Rico es la canción… Learn More

RicanWritings

Hoy Te Recuerdo: Mapping Femicides in Puerto Rico

February 10, 2025

Adrianna Ríos has developed an interactive Google Map documenting femicides in Puerto Rico between January 2021 and… Learn More

RicanWritings

Aquí y allá: Puerto Ricans, Puerto Rico, and the 2024 Elections

December 16, 2024

Puerto Ricans were in the national spotlight during the last weeks of the US presidential campaign at… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

CENTRO Journal Summer 2024 | Vol. 36 | No. 2,

CENTRO JOURNAL SUMMER 2024 | VOLUME 36 | NUMBER 2 SPECIAL ISSUE: Caudal: Rasanblaj of Contemporary Feminist and Queer/Cuir… Learn More

RicanWritings

A mosaic of a bomba dancer moving her red dress. The sky is starry and blue.

An East-Harlem–Diasporic–Renaissance: Manny Vega at the Museum of t...

November 18, 2024

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RicanWritings

Inaugurating RicanWritings: A Ceremony for Relations

October 14, 2024

In a time where the humanities, ethnic studies, books, and even knowledge itself are being banned, regulated,… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

CENTRO JOURNAL FALL 2023 | VOLUME 35 | NUMBER 3

CENTRO JOURNAL FALL 2023 | VOLUME 35 | NUMBER 3 Obligados a olvidar: Settlement and Displacement in 20th Century San Juan,… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

The AfroCENTRO Reader: Revisiting Black Puerto Rican Scholarship

The AfroCENTRO Reader: Revisiting Black Puerto Rican Scholarship The AfroCENTRO Reader was conceived as an accompanying piece… Learn More

Book

Clientelism and Corruption in the Wake of Disasters

Authors Fernando Tormos-Aponte, Wendy Prudencio, Mary Angelica Painter, Brevin Franklin Abstract Puerto Rico’s history of crises provides… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 35, no1 (Spring 2023)

SPECIAL ISSUE. Centering Environmental, Ecological, Climate, and Energy Justice in Puerto Rico’s Social Justice Praxis Editores invitados /… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 35, no 2 (Summer 2023)

CENTRO Journal | Summer 2023 | Volume 35 | Number 2 SPECIAL ISSUE. ¡Vivas nos queremos! The Femicide and… Learn More

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Puerto Rican Studies in the City University of New York: The First ...

Editors María Elizabeth Pérez y González, and Virginia Sánchez Korrol Description Authored by leading scholars in the… Learn More

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Patria: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Exiles in Late Nineteenth Centur...

Author Edgardo Meléndez Description Patria: Puerto Rican Revolutionary Exiles in Late Nineteenth Century New York examines the… Learn More

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Not the Time to Stay: The Unpublished Plays of Victor Fragoso

Editor Consuelo Martínez-Reyes Description Not the Time to Stay brings to light for the first time the… Learn More

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Liberalism and Identity Politics: Puerto Rican Community Organizati...

Author José E. Cruz Description This book is a recollection and analysis of the role of ethnic… Learn More

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Race, Front and Center: Perspectives on Race among Puerto Ricans

Editor Carlos Vargas-Ramos Description Race, Front and Center is a collection of essays that captures the breadth… Learn More

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RHYTHM & POWER: Performing Salsa in Puerto Rican and Latino Communi...

Editors Derrick León Washington, Priscilla Renta and Sydney Hutchinson Description The story of New York salsa is… Learn More

Infographic

Puerto Ricans in the United States Infographics, 2019 - 2023

Centro’s Infographics are visual representation of the most-up-to-date socio-demographic information about the Puerto Rican population in the… Learn More

Research

Hispanic Empowerment in New York’s Municipal Workforces, 2021

Employment in municipal government is another facet of empowerment and incorporation for populations that have been historically… Learn More

Research

The Puerto Rico Children Vulnerability Index, 2021

This report discusses the creation of the Child Vulnerability Index (CVI), how to identify the scale and… Learn More

Research Brief

Pervasive Poverty in Puerto Rico: a Closer Look

This report contextualizes the persistent poverty that exists across Puerto Rico and all its municipios, rooting its… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 34, no.1 (Spring 2022)

SPECIAL ISSUE: Back to the future: The Implications of Balzac One Hundred Years Later Editores invitados /… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 34, no.3 (Summer 2022)

SPECIAL ISSUE. Beyond Corruption: From Colonial Practices to Emancipatory Futures Editores invitados / Guest Editors: José Atiles,… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

CENTRO Journal 34, no.3 (Fall 2022)

CENTRO Journal: Fall 2022 | Volume 34 | Number 3 ENSAYOS / ESSAYS Documentary Heritage at Risk:… Learn More

Interactive Report

Redistricting NYC: Demographic Change and The Hispanic Community

On July 15, 2022, the New York City Districting Commission released a preliminary plan for council districts… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

CENTRO Journal 34, no 2 (Summer 2022)

CENTRO Journal | Summer 2022 | Volume 34 | Number 2 SPECIAL ISSUE. Beyond Corruption: From Colonial… Learn More

Report

The State of Puerto Ricans in the U.S. Dashboard

The Socio-Demographic Data of Puerto Ricans in the United States and Puerto Rico: 2010 – 2021 Dashboard… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 33, no 3 (FALL 2021)

IN THIS ISSUE Essays Book reviews Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 33, no2 (SUMMER 2021)

IN THIS ISSUE Articles Nuyorican mestizaje or la gran familia neorriqueña in Piri Thomas’s Down These Mean… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 33, no 1 (SPRING 2021)

IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ISSUE: Navigating Insecurity: Crisis, Power, and Protest in Puerto Rican CommunitiesGuest editors: Aldo… Learn More

Research

Redistricting 2020: The Prospects of Increasing Hispanic Legislativ...

Hispanics are driving population growth across the United States. This lead in population growth affords Latinos the… Learn More

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Redistricting Threats to New York’s Hispanic Congressional Represen...

Proposed redistricting maps threaten Hispanic congressional representation by eliminating a congressional district currently represented by a Hispanic… Learn More

Data Sheet

Puerto Rico’s 2020 Population Decennial Analysis

Photo by Andy Orin on Unsplash The newly released 2020 decennial data for legislative redistricting highlights the… Learn More

Data Sheet

Puerto Rico’s 2020 Race/Ethnicity Decennial Analysis

According to the 2020 Decennial Census, there were about 3.29 million people living in Puerto Rico, a… Learn More

Data Sheet

Four Year Anniversary of Hurricane Maria Series: Aging Population

For the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at… Learn More

Research

Four Year Anniversary of Hurricane Maria Series: Disabled Population

For the fourth anniversary of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico the Center for Puerto Rican Studies at… Learn More

Research

Redistricting 2020: The Prospects of Increasing Hispanic Legislativ...

Hispanics are driving population growth across the United States. This lead in population growth affords Latinos the… Learn More

Research Brief

Redistricting 2020: Challenges to Hispanic Congressional Representa...

The process of apportioning political power in the United is about to begin. New York Latino U.S.… Learn More

Infographic

Puerto Ricans in the United States, 2019

In 2019, the United States had an estimated population of 5,828,706 million Puerto Ricans with the majority… Learn More

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Puerto Ricans in Florida State, 2019

In 2019, Florida had the largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated… Learn More

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Puerto Ricans in Virginia State, 2019

In 2019, Virginia had the 13th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated… Learn More

Book

Puerto Ricans in New York State, 2019

In 2019, New York had the 2nd largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an… Learn More

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Puerto Ricans in Pennsylvania State, 2019

In 2019, Pennsylvania had the 3rd largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an… Learn More

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Puerto Ricans in Massachusetts State, 2019

In 2019, Massachusetts had the 5th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an… Learn More

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Puerto Ricans in New Jersey State, 2019

In 2019, New Jersey had the 4th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an… Learn More

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Puerto Ricans in Georgia State, 2019

In 2019, Georgia had the largest 12th concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated… Learn More

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Puerto Ricans in North Carolina State, 2019

In 2019, North Carolina had the 11th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an… Learn More

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Puerto Ricans in Ohio State, 2019

In 2019, Ohio had the 10th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated… Learn More

Infographic

Puerto Ricans in Texas State, 2019

In 2019, Texas had the 7th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the United States with an estimated… Learn More

Research Brief

Redistricting 2020: Population Change and Hispanic Congressional Re...

On April 26, 2021, the U.S. Census Bureau delivered to the president of the United States results… Learn More

Data Sheet

Redistricting 2020: The Prospects of Increasing Hispanic Legislativ...

Hispanics are driving population growth across the United States. This lead in population growth affords Latinos the… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 32, no 1 (SPRING 2020)

IN THIS ISSUE Articles Revisiting Puerto Rico’s Nineteenth-Century Sugar-and-Slavery History | Francisco Scarano Disrupting Colonial Identity: Puerto… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 32, no.2 (SUMMER 2020)

IN THIS ISSUE Articles New York, Puerto Rico and Cuba’s Latin Music Scenes and the Emergence of… Learn More

CENTRO Journal

Centro Journal 32, no 3 (FALL 2020)

IN THIS ISSUE Special Issue: Post-Disaster Recovery in Puerto Rico and Local ParticipationGuest Editor: Edwin Meléndez Articles… Learn More

Data Sheet

Small Business Pulse Survey Shows Breadth of COVID-19 Impact on Bus...

The Census Bureau’s Small Business Pulse Survey released its first set of survey results related to the… Learn More

Research Brief

Enduring Disasters: Puerto Rico, Three Years After Hurricane María

Puerto Rico has suffered the compounded effects of multiple disasters over the last three years: the devastating… Learn More

Research Brief

Puerto Rican Citizen Voting-Age Population in 2019

The Puerto Rican population that is eligible to register to vote in the United States—because they are… Learn More

Data Sheet

Puerto Ricans in Ohio: 2010 - 2018

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2018, Ohio had the 10th largest concentration of Puerto Ricans… Learn More

Data Sheet

Puerto Ricans in Florida: 2010 - 2018

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2018, Florida had the largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in… Learn More

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Centro Journal 31, no. 3 (Summer 2019)

Centro Journal 31, no. 3 (Summer 2019) IN THIS ISSUE Erasing Race: Translating Out the “Afro” in… Learn More

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Centro Journal 31, no. 2 (Spring 2019)

Centro Journal 31, no. 2 (Spring 2019) IN THIS ISSUE Special Issue / Número Especial Puerto Rican… Learn More

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Centro Journal 31, no. 1 (Fall 2019)

Centro Journal 31, no. 1 (Fall 2019) IN THIS ISSUE A Specific Beauty: Pablo Delano’s Photography in… Learn More

Research

Anticipated Vulnerabilities: Displacement and Migration in the Age ...

Executive Summary In 2017, the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs unveiled the Municipal Vulnerability… Learn More

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Centro Journal 30, no. 3 (Summer 2018)

Centro Journal 30, no. 3 (Summer 2018) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rico Post-Hurricane Maria: Origins and Consequences… Learn More

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Centro Journal 30, no. 2 (Spring 2018)

Centro Journal 30, no. 2 (Spring 2018) IN THIS ISSUE Revisiting Queer Puerto Rican Sexualities / Revisitando… Learn More

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STORM SURGE: Impact of Post Maria Displacement of Puerto Ricans and...

Executive Summary On September 20, 2017, Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico as a category 4 cyclone, with… Learn More

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Centro Journal 30, no. 1 (Fall 2018)

Centro Journal 30, no. 1 (Fall 2018) IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL SECTION: Critical Perspectives on Puerto Rican… Learn More

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Centro Journal 29, no. 3 ( FAll 2017)

Centro Journal 29, no. 3 (Fall 2017) IN THIS ISSUE Special Section: Grounding Puerto Ricans in PlaceGuest… Learn More

Research Brief

Estimates of Post-Hurricane Maria Exodus from Puerto Rico

Hurricane Maria’s impact on Puerto Rico and its population is unprecedented. Though it is difficult to find… Learn More

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Centro Journal 29, no. 2 (Summer 2017)

Centro Journal 29, no. 2 (Summer 2017) IN THIS ISSUE Table of Contents Sunshine Politics: Puerto Rican… Learn More

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Centro Journal 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017)

Centro Journal 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017) IN THIS ISSUE U.S. Citizenship in Puerto Rico: One Hundred… Learn More

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Centro Journal 28, no. 2 (Fall 2016)

Centro Journal 28, no. 2 (Fall 2016) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Chicago RevisitedGuest Editors: Maura Toro-Morn,… Learn More

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Centro Journal 28, no. 1 (Spring 2016)

Centro Journal 28, no. 1 (Spring 2016) IN THIS ISSUE Counterstreaming: Measuring the Impact of Cultural Remittances.… Learn More

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Centro Journal 27, no. 2 (Fall 2015)

Centro Journal 27, no. 2 (Fall 2015) IN THIS ISSUE Table of Contents Puerto Ricans and Transnationalism:… Learn More

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Centro Journal 27, no. 1 (Spring 2015)

Centro Journal 27, no. 1 (Spring 2015) IN THIS ISSUE Table of Contents The Look of Sovereignty:… Learn More

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Centro Journal 26, no. 2 (Fall 2014)

Centro Journal 26, no. 2 (Fall 2014) IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ISSUE: Untendered eyes: Literary Politics of… Learn More

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Centro Journal 26, no. 1 (Spring 2014)

Centro Journal 26, no. 1 (Spring 2014) IN THIS ISSUE Table of Contents Guest Editor / Editor… Learn More

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Centro Journal 25, no. 2 (Fall 2013)

Centro Journal 25, no. 2 (Fall 2013) IN THIS ISSUE ESSAYS Julia de Burgos’ Writing for Pueblos… Learn More

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Centro Journal 25, no. 1 (Spring 2013)

Centro Journal 25, no. 1 (Spring 2013) IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL SECTION: Puerto Rico, the United States… Learn More

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Centro Journal 24, no. 1 (Spring 2012)

Centro Journal 24, no. 1 (Spring 2012) IN THIS ISSUE The Antifoundational Foundational Fiction of Piri Thomas… Learn More

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Centro Journal 24, no. 2 (Fall 2012)

Centro Journal 24, no. 2 (Fall 2012) IN THIS ISSUE Introduction to the Special IssueJosé Luis Morín… Learn More

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Centro Journal 23, no. 1 (Spring 2011)

Centro Journal 23, no. 1 (Spring 2011) IN THIS ISSUE Essays: Central Park Rumba: Nuyorican Identity and… Learn More

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Centro Journal 23, no. 2 (Fall 2011)

Centro Journal 23, no. 2 (Fall 2011) IN THIS ISSUE PATHWAYS TO ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY Table of Contents… Learn More

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Centro Journal 22, no. 2 (Fall 2010)

Centro Journal 22, no. 2 (Fall 2010) IN THIS ISSUE Polémicas, feministas, puertorriqueñas y desconocidas: Clotilde Betances… Learn More

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Centro Journal 22, no. 1 (Spring 2010)

Centro Journal 22, no. 1 (Spring 2010) IN THIS ISSUE SPECIAL ISSUE: PUERTO RICAN FLORIDAGuest Editors: Jorge… Learn More

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Centro Journal 21, no. 1 (Spring 2009)

Centro Journal 21, no. 1 (Spring 2009) IN THIS ISSUE Table of ContentsEssays: Resisting the Racial Binary?… Learn More

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Centro Journal 21, no. 2 (Fall 2009)

Centro Journal 21, no. 2 (Fall 2009) IN THIS ISSUE Activism an d Change among Puerto Ricans… Learn More

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Centro Journal 20, no. 2 (Fall 2008)

Centro Journal 20, no. 2 (Fall 2008) IN THIS ISSUE Slippery semantics: Race talk and everyday uses… Learn More

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Centro Journal 20, no. 1 (Spring 2008)

Centro Journal 20, no. 1 (Spring 2008) IN THIS ISSUE Special Section: Functions and valorization of language… Learn More

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Centro Journal 19, no. 2 (Fall 2007)

Centro Journal 19, no. 2 (Fall 2007) IN THIS ISSUE Special Section: The Education of the Puerto… Learn More

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Centro Journal 19, no. 1 (Spring 2007)

Centro Journal 19, no. 1 (Spring 2007) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Queer SexualitiesGuest Editors: Luis Aponte-Parés,… Learn More

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Centro Journal 18, no. 2 (Fall 2006)

Centro Journal 18, no. 2 (Fall 2006) IN THIS ISSUE Making the decolonized visible: Puerto Rican poetry… Learn More

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Centro Journal 18, no. 1 (Spring 2006)

Centro Journal 18, no. 1 (Spring 2006) IN THIS ISSUE Military Legacies and Popular Struggle in Vieques.Guest… Learn More

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Centro Journal 17, no. 2 (Fall 2005)

Centro Journal 17, no. 2 (Fall 2005) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Visual artists and the United… Learn More

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Centro Journal 17, no. 1 (Spring 2005)

Centro Journal 17, no. 1 (Spring 2005) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Music and Dance: Rican Structing… Learn More

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Centro Journal 16, no. 2 (Fall 2004)

Centro Journal 16, no. 2 (Fall 2004) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Music and Dance: Rican Structing… Learn More

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Centro Journal 16, no. 1 (Spring 2004)

Centro Journal 16, no. 1 (Spring 2004) IN THIS ISSUE Special Issue: Puerto Rican Music and Dance:… Learn More

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Centro Journal 15, no. 2 (Fall 2003)

Centro Journal 15, no. 2 (Fall 2003) IN THIS ISSUE Sirena Selena: A Novel for the New… Learn More

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Centro Journal 15, no. 1 (Spring 2003)

Centro Journal 15, no. 1 (Spring 2003) IN THIS ISSUE IntroductionJose E. Cruz, Guest Editor Puerto Rican… Learn More

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Centro Journal 14, no. 2 (Fall 2002)

Centro Journal 14, no. 2 (Fall 2002) IN THIS ISSUE Colonial Figures in Motion: Globalization and Translocality… Learn More

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Centro Journal 14, no. 1 (Spring 2002)

Centro Journal 14, no. 1 (Spring 2002) IN THIS ISSUE Masculinidad hegemónica, sexualidad y transgresiónRafael L. Ramírez… Learn More

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Centro Journal 13, no. 2 (Fall 2001)

Centro Journal 13, no. 2 (Fall 2001) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Ricans in Chicago Introduction: Puerto Ricans… Learn More

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Centro Journal 13, no. 1 (Spring 2001)

Centro Journal 13, no. 1 (Spring 2001) IN THIS ISSUE Conquering Categories: The Problem of Pre-History in… Learn More

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Centro Journal 12, no. 1 (Fall 2000)

Centro Journal 12, no. 1 (Fall 2000) IN THIS ISSUE Speaking English in Puerto Rico: The Impact… Learn More

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Centro Journal 11, no. 2 (Spring 2000)

Centro Journal 11, no. 2 (Spring 2000) IN THIS ISSUE Indigenous Hawaiians Under Statehood: Lessons for Puerto… Learn More

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Centro Journal 11, no. 1 (Fall 1999)

Centro Journal 11, no. 1 (Fall 1999) IN THIS ISSUE 1898-1998, Part 2 The Promise and Disillusion… Learn More

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Centro Journal 9, no. 1 (Winter 1996- 97)

Centro Journal 9, no. 1 (Winter 1996- 97) IN THIS ISSUE The Education of Puerto Ricans Dangerous… Learn More

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Centro Journal 8, no. 1 & 2 (1996)

Centro Journal 8, no. 1 & 2 (1996) IN THIS ISSUE Race and Identity Un hombre (negro)… Learn More

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Centro Journal 7, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 1994-95)

Centro Journal 7, no. 1 (Winter/Spring 1994-95) IN THIS ISSUE Future Directions in Puerto Rican Studies What’s… Learn More

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Centro Journal 6, no. 1 & 2 (Spring 1994)

Centro Journal 6, no. 1 & 2 (Spring 1994) IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINTPuerto Ricans &… Learn More

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Centro Journal 4, no. 2 (Spring 1992)

Centro Journal 4, no. 2 (Spring 1992) IN THIS ISSUE Smoke and Ash: A Latino Writer Looks… Learn More

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Centro Journal 5, no. 1 (Winter 1992-93)

Centro Journal 5, no. 1 (Winter 1992-93) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Youth and Youth Culture #1… Learn More

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Centro Journal 5, no. 2 (Spring 1992-93)

Centro Journal 5, no. 2 (Spring 1992-93) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican Youth and Youth Culture #2… Learn More

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Centro Journal 4, no. 1 (Winter 1991)

Centro Journal 4, no. 1 (Winter 1991) IN THIS ISSUE Puerto Rican History and Politics #1 The… Learn More

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Centro Journal 3, no. 2 (Spring 1991)

Centro Journal 3, no. 2 (Spring 1991) IN THIS ISSUE Música: Alma del Pueblo Editorial Cortijo’s RevengeJuan… Learn More

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Centro Journal 3, no. 1 (Winter 1990-91)

IN THIS ISSUE Latinos and the MediaPuerto Ricans and the Media: A Personal StatementBlanca Vázquez Mass Media in… Learn More

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Centro Journal 2, no. 8 (Spring 1990)

OUT OF PRINTLatino Film and Video Images From Assimilation to Annihilation: Puerto Rican Images in U.S. FilmsRichie Pérez… Learn More

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Centro Journal 2, no. 7 (Winter 1989-90)

OUT OF PRINTPuerto Rican Women as Writers and Workers La mujer en el Puerto Rico del siglo… Learn More

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Centro Journal 2, no. 6 (Summer 1989)

Centro 16th Anniversary Issue Puerto Rican Studies in the 1990s: Taking the Next Turn in the RoadJesse M.… Learn More

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Centro Journal 2, no. 5 (Spring 1989)

IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINT“Politics in the Puerto Rican Community“ Ciencia y política en la lucha… Learn More

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Centro Journal 2, no. 4 (Fall 1988)

IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINT A Community At Risk: The Health of Puerto Ricans AIDS and… Learn More

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Centro Journal 2, no. 3 (Spring 1988)

IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINTPuerto Rican Culture Tato Laviera y Alurista: Hacia una poética bilingüeFrancis R.… Learn More

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Centro Journal 2, no. 2 (Winter 1987-88)

IN THIS ISSUE OUT OF PRINTEducation Explaining Puerto Rican PovertyAndrés Torres Hostos Community College and the Puerto… Learn More

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Centro Journal 2, no. 1 (Spring 1987)

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