Culture and the Cuban State
Participation, Recognition, and Dissonance under Communism
Rowman and Littlefield/Lexington Books, 2017.
"A must-read for anyone concerned with the fate of creative imagination and critical thinking in authoritarian states." Michael Keren, University of Calgary
"For everyone who cares about the quality of intellectual life in Cuba and elsewhere, this is a book not to be missed." Silvia Pedraza, University of Michigan
" a path-breaking work" Ted Henken, Baruch College
From Art to Politics
Octavio Paz and the Pursuit of Freedom
Rowman and Littlefield, Culture and Politics series, Henry Giroux ed., 2001.
"Grenier makes his points elegantly and persuasively, and his book should become essential reading alongside the anthology of Paz’s political writings that he has recently selected and edited—Octavio Paz, Sueños en libertad: escritos politicos (Mexico 2001)."
John King, Journal of Latin American Studies
Gunshots at the Fiesta
Literature and Politics in Latin America
With Maarten van Delden
Vanderbilt University Press, 2009. Paperback 2012
takes dead aim at the politicization of Latin American literary studies. Offering a sharp critique of this trend, the authors point the way toward a more nuanced view of the complicated--sometimes conflicted--Gunshots at the Fiesta"Spirited and unsparing, relation between the aesthetic and the political"
Gustavo Pérez FIrmat, Columbia University
“. . . el libro presente una visión particularmente original del intelectual latinoamericano. Se trata, más bien, de una reconstrucción detallada e inteligente de formas intelectuales privilegiadas en el liberalismo del siglo XX y la época del Boom”
Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado, Latin American Research Review
"There is no question in my mind that this book makes a gigantic contribution to our understanding of the power of the pen in political life"
Michael Keren, University of Calgary
"A hidden gem"
--Literal
Del arte a la política: Octavio Paz y la búsqueda de la libertad [trans: From Art to Politics, trad: Ricardo Rubio]
Mexico city: Fondo de cultura económica, 2004.
"Yvon Grenier nos entrega en este libro una breve pero muy intensa jornada a través de las aparentes contradicciones que surgen al explicar lo puramente ideológico con palabras e imágenes que se hacen siempre del lado de lo político, y viceversa." "[un] libro que servirá de base para la emergencia y el desarrollo de nuevas curiosidades."
Javier Vargas, Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispánicos
Octavio Paz, Sueño en libertad: escritos políticos
Foreword and selection of texts (Yvon Grenier)
Mexico city: Seix Barral, 2001.
"La excelente recopilación de los escritos políticos de Octavio Paz realizada por Yvon Grenier nos muestra al escritor y polemista en estado puro y con la ventaja añadida de que a través de ella no resulta complicado seguir su evolución ideológica."
Carlos Malamud, El País (Madrid)
The Emergence of Insurgency in El Salvador: Ideology and Political Will
Foreword by Mitchell A. Seligson
University of Pittsburgh Press, Pitt Latin American Series 1999.
". . . all serious students of social movements and revolutions should read this important new book."
Mitchell A.. Seligson, University of Pittsburgh
"Grenier’s elegantly written book . . . correctly calls our attention to the need to reassess why El Salvador’s bloody war happened"
William Stanley, American Political Science Review
Guerre et pouvoir au Salvador: idéologie du changement et changement idéologique
Ste-Foy: Les Presses de l'université Laval, 1994.
“One may not always agree, but Grenier’s analyses are provocative, and his lively, often ironic prose style makes for enjoyable reading”
Steven Webre, Hispanic American Historical Review
". . . an important study of shifting ideologies in the civil war."
Ralph Lee Woodward, Central America, A Nation Divided, 3rd ed.,