The Literary Encyclopedia: Giannina Braschi Biography Giannina Braschi is a leading force of innovation in American and Latin American literature and political philosophy of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century. Braschi writes mixed-genre epic works in Spanish, Spanglish, and English about the marvels and travesties of the human flow—of mass migration, mass incarceration, democracy...
albertz benda gallery in New York City presented Antigone 3000 (Anakainōsis), Alexandra Grant's first solo exhibition with the gallery. On view from May 21 through July 03, 2026, the show featured new paintings and works on paper from Grant’s long-term investigation into Sophocles’ myth of Antigone. Giannina Braschi's poem Antigone provided context for the series. Read more about Antigone 3000...
Postcolonial Political Philosophy: book reviews, encyclopedia entries, and websites resources. Find books and online resources for Postcolonial political philosophy in links following a book review on "Poets Philosophers Lovers." Diane Marting characterizes the anthology "Poets, Philosophers, Lovers" as an essential guide for navigating Giannina Braschi's political and poetic works. Published in...
Read about the most famous Puerto Rican writers of the Diaspora and emerging voices alike in this book review by Carmen Dolores Hernandez in Nuevo Dia. “Diasporic Journeys”: The Book that Explores Puerto Rican Literature Beyond the Island. The publication gathers interviews with Boricua writers based in the United States, including Lin-Manuel Miranda, Giannina Braschi, and Quiara Alegría Hudes...
The Literary Encyclopedia summaries Empire of Dreams, an epic poem by Giannina Braschi. El imperio de los sueños (1988) [Empire of Dreams, 1994) is a collection of six books of poetry and fiction written in Spanish during the 1980s in New York City. The work is organized in three parts: Asalto al tiempo [Assault on Time] (1981), La comedia profana [Profane Comedy] (1985), and Diario íntimo de la...
A list of ten 21st Century Bacchae theater productions, publications, performances, including adaptions written by Anne Carson, Anne Soper, and Giannina Braschi. Ten 21st century productions of the Bacchae include works by: National Theatre and Indhu Rubasingham, Teatro Greco di Siracusa and Carlus Padrissa, Almeida Theatre and James Macdonald, Teatro Greco di Siracusa and Antonio Calenda...
Università degli Studi di Padova: Domani a Padova ospitiamo una grande autrice portoricana, Giannina Braschi. È una presenza pazzesca, oltre che un'autrice sfidante, che dilaga. Putinoika features a contemporary Antigone Per Campanotto è uscito poco tempo fa il suo Putinoika, assurdo, sublime, tragicomico, un oggetto letterario multigenere incollocabile e, finalmente, un po' di frescura. Qui...
Hysterical Realism Resources: Hysterical Realism and Maximalist novels include the works of Roberto Bolaño (The Savage Detectives, 2666), Giannina Braschi (Yo-Yo Boing!, United States of Banana), Mark Z. Danielewski (House of Leaves, The Familiar), Don DeLillo (White Noise, Underworld), Salman Rushdie (Midnight's Children, The Ground Beneath Her Feet), Zadie Smith (White Teeth, The Autograph...
Review lists of modern and contemporary Antigone scripts by poets Anne Carson, Seamus Heaney & Giannina Braschi and Antigone stage and film adaptations by internationally acclaimed directors such as Cezaris Graužinis and Sophie Deraspe.
Modern Antigone. Contemporary Antigone.
Take a Quick Look at a wide range of Puerto Rican novels by Piri Thomas, Rosario Ferré, Mayra Santos, Giannina Braschi, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro and Esmeralda Santiago. These lists include comic books by Gabby Rivera, Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez, and Rosa Colon Guerra and Puerto Rican literary anthologies edited by Carmen Haydee Rivera, Luis López Nieves, José Liboy and Myrna Nieves, among others.
Review lists of Nuyorican women all-stars in the visual arts, performing arts, literature pop culture, and government. Leading Nuyorican women include poets such as Julia de Burgos and Giannina Braschi, playwrights such as Migdalia Cruz and La Bruja, politicians such as Olga A. Méndez and AOC, US Supreme Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor, and entertainment moguls such as Jay Lo. Further reading lists...