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By Verónica Bayetti Flores

By Miriam Zoila Pérez

On Sale: Aug 18, 2026
Page Count: 184 pages
Publisher: Running Press
ISBN-13: 9798894140469

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Latin music fans—from lovers of Bad Bunny to Selena, Juan Gabriel to Villano Antillano, and Romeo Santos to Shakira—will love Muévelo, a compelling look at the impact of Latin music in our lives, culture, and history.

Podcast hosts of Radio Menea, Miriam Zoila Pérez and Verónica Bayetti Flores, explore how Latin music has been shaped by movements of people, culture, and sound across decades of Latin artists and songs. Through collections of essays, playlists, timelines, album deep dives, and more, the authors share their examination of the role and influence that movements, migration, and colonialism, had and have on all types of Latin music genres, from bachata to boleros, to salsa and norteños.

Within these vibrant pages you’ll find song-by-song analysis of significant albums like Selena’s iconic Amor Proihbido, explorations of the places and migrations that have shaped Latin music, timelines explaining the context in which this music lives, and so much more. With profiles of movements and artists as lively and passionate as the music itself, Muévelo is an essential exploration of the music that moves us, both on the dance floor and in life.

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Miriam Zoila Pérez is a queer Cuban American writer. Their non-fiction writing has appeared in outlets like the New York Times, and anthologies like Roxane Gay’s NYT bestseller Not That Bad. Their TED talk about racism and maternal health has been viewed over a million times. They are the author of the young adult novel Camila Núñez’s Year of Disasters, and co-host of the Radio Menea podcast. Pérez lives in Washington, DC and is obsessed with bachata and houseplants in equal measure.

Verónica Bayetti Flores is a queer Venezuelan writer and activist. She has bylines in Rolling Stone, Crack Magazine, and Remezcla. She is a co-host of the podcast Radio Menea, and is the co-founder of the Center for Advancing Innovative Policy, an abolitionist grassroots policy firm.

About Radio Menea: Two Latinx friends. Wildly different music tastes. Radio Menea is a Latinx music podcast (no longer currently active but still available) hosted by Verónica Bayetti Flores and Miriam Zoila Pérez. Called “the woke Latinx music podcast you should be listening to” by Remezcla and “the soundtrack to a queer mami’s sancocho” by Latina Magazine, Radio Menea is a bilingual journey through the Latinx music that is the soundtrack to Vero and Pérez’s lives, and probably yours too.

“A timely exploration and celebration of the music that moves people both on and off the dance floor.”
Library Journal
“Intrepid readers and music lovers will enjoy this delightful journey through the kaleidoscope that is Latin music, from corrido tumbado to bachata to boogaloo. The pages dance with colorful graphics, retro fonts, and Flores' illustrations, and readers will relish the thoughtfully curated playlists, historical timelines, and essays about albums that dissect every song.”
Booklist
"This will delight die-hard fans as well as those just discovering Latin music."
Publishers Weekly
"...Muévelo is essential reading for anyone trying to understand Latine music in all of its depth and history. Verónica Bayetti Flores and Miriam Zoila Pérez take us through their own musical biography, and they artfully interweave not only the historical roots of different genres of Latine music but also our peoples' relationships to sound, spaces, migration and history...a complete guide for anyone who cares about music in general and about its connections to race, power, class and joy."
Nadia Reiman, Pulitzer Prize winner and Immigration reporter This American Life
"Finally! A book from a queer perspective celebrating the groundbreaking global influence of Black and Brown artists in Latinx music history. From Chilean pop to corridos norteños, Pérez and Vero beautifully weave Latinx music genres through essays, interviews and insightful conversations that will have you dusting off your record collection and listening to your new favorite jams like never before."
Justin Favela, Co-host of Latinos Who Lunch, award-winning artist
"For nearly a decade Radio Menea’s hosts Verónica Bayetti Flores and Miriam Zoila Pérez have been one of the realest, smartest podcasts about Latin culture. Broadcasting from their apartments, they embody what culture journalism should be: raw, punk, hilarious, critical and unafraid. It is no surprise then that this book is extraordinary, a true Bible of Latin music, offering meticulous deep dives into everything from Tango as a roadmap to Black Argentina, to the evolution of queer artists across Latinx genres...Muévelo is a rare gem: a true love letter to Latinx music and culture."
Jasmine Garsd, co-founder, Alt.Latino, NPR immigration reporter, Host and Creator, The Last Cup

Verónica Bayetti Flores

About the Author

Verónica Bayetti Flores is a queer Venezuelan writer and activist. She has bylines in Rolling Stone, Crack Magazine, and Remezcla. She is a co-host of the podcast Radio Menea, and is the co-founder of the Center for Advancing Innovative Policy, an abolitionist grassroots policy firm.

About Radio Menea: Two Latinx friends. Wildly different music tastes. Radio Menea is a Latinx music podcast (no longer currently active but still available) hosted by Verónica Bayetti Flores and Miriam Zoila Pérez. Called “the woke Latinx music podcast you should be listening to” by Remezcla and “the soundtrack to a queer mami’s sancocho” by Latina Magazine, Radio Menea is a bilingual journey through the Latinx music that is the soundtrack to Vero and Pérez’s lives, and probably yours too.

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