Antigone, a dramatic poem by Giannina Braschi, in Poetry Magazine. "Antigone: Anti what is gone. If it leaves, it’s for a reason. Anti has to be gone. It has to go. It always goes against. Against the state— against kinship—and against myself. I don’t want to be the anti-clash. Anti has to go from gone. Gone has to leave immediately, without pause, without cause. I can understand the arguments...
The Waste Land’s 100th Anniversary Celebration, Madrid, April 6-8, 2022 The European Association for American Studies is proud to present poet Giannina Braschi and scholars David E. Chinitz, Ramón del Castillo, and Eulalia Piñero Gil as the plenary speakers of The Waste Land’s 100th Anniversary Celebration in Madrid this April. The title of 2022 EAAS Wastelands conference alludes to T...
Read about The Giannina Chair designed by Ian Stell. The chair transforms from a spinning seat to a standing lamp. The kinetic design was born of Giannina Braschi's philosophy that things are beautiful when they work. Art is function.
Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi wins the 2021 Cambiemos Prize from Cambio16 in Spain for her lifetime achievements in literature. Sir David Frederick Attenborough was honored by Cambio16 in 2020, and Al Gore was honored for his life's work in environmental justice in 2019.
"Hay que entender el amanecer —cómo amanece el mundo— para entender como tenemos que despertarnos. El mundo se levanta lento, y con luz tenue, y va escalando en sonidos, en voces, a través de diferentes gradaciones, hasta llegar al mediodía. Así debemos amanecer con gradaciones de luz y energía. El descanso profundo es necesario para salir del cansancio profundo que sufrimos antes, durante, y...
American Book Review of "Poets, Philosophers, Lovers: on the Writings of Giannina Braschi".
"This is a welcome and well-conceived volume on the extraordinary work of Giannina Braschi, a Puerto Rican writer and consummate New Yorker whose creative decolonizing of aesthetics and culture deserves sustained critical engagement," writes Peter Hitchcock in "Slippery Subjectivity".
Famous Puerto Rican writers, poets, artists, actors, directors, comedians, musicians, and political activists debut their new projects at Teatro LATEA, a beloved stage at The Clemente in the Lower East Side of New York City. The Clemente presents famous Puerto Rican poets, artists, actors, directors, and activists Tertulia with Poet Giannina Braschi and Artist Miguel Trelles Hernández Musical...
Continúa la erupción del volcán de La Palma… by Jorge Neri Bonilla in Cultura Usted ha dicho en Cambio16, “Esperanza ha sido y será siempre mi nombre. En espera de un mundo mejor. La esperanza es la cumbre de mi estrella.” ¿Qué significa la esperanza para todas las comunidades en La Palma que han perdido sus casas, tierras, iglesias...
The Latinx graphic novel “United States of Banana” by Giannina Braschi teaches students real-world lessons about Puerto Rican history and American politics. By Madelyn Nelson, Otterbein University Amy Sheeran wanted to bring culture into her Otterbein classroom, and she acted on it. Sheeran, assistant professor of Spanish Modern Languages and Cultures, co-edited a graphic...
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month! Listen to the MIFA Victory Players 2021 winter concert featuring MIFA commissioned duets by six contemporary Puerto Rican composers Gabriel Bouche, Carlos Carrillo, Johanny Navarro, Christian Quinones, Iván E. Rodrígue, & Omar Surillo.