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Collusion of Hairdos

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Collusion of Hairdos “I am promiscuous with hairstyles. I change my hairstyle all the time. I don’t cheat on my husband. I cheat on my hairdressers. They always give me the same cut. Maybe they only know how to do it one way. But I do it with all and with none. And I want them to innovate—to change their style. You think I am once. But I am not once. It never happens once in my lifetime and...

Escritora puertorriqueña gana el Premio Angela Davis

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Giannina Braschi recibe el Premio Angela Davis del American Studies Association. La poeta, filósofa y activista Giannina Braschi es reconocida por "la contribución sobresaliente que su trabajo representa para los estudios estadounidenses y, de hecho, para el mundo", declaró Mishuana Goeman, presidenta de ASA.

Angela Y Davis Award 2024

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Giannina Braschi is the recipient of the 2024 Angela Y Davis Award from the American Studies Association (ASA), the oldest and largest scholarly organization dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of U.S. cultures and histories.  Poet, philosopher, and activist Giannina Braschi is recognized for “the outstanding contribution (her) work represents to American Studies and indeed, to the world,”...

American Literature Association 2025

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American Literature Association 2025 American Literature Association Conference 2025 36th Annual Conference – May 21-24, 2025 CFP The Jonathan Bayliss Society invites proposals for two panels at the annual conference of the American Literature Association, which will be held May 21-24, 2025, at the Westin Copley Place in Boston. For information about the conference see . American...

Happy Thanksgiving Poems

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Happy Thanksgiving Poems 2024. Read poems by Alberto Rios, Langston Hughes, Joy Harjo, Giannina Braschi, W.S. Merlin, Ada Limón..

Modern Bacchae

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In this tragicomedy on collusion, collusion, and delusion, PUTINOIKA features a modern Bacchae, in which two lion kings, Putin and Pendejo, are killed by Pendejo's daughter in a Bacchic frenzy during a hunt for the easter rabbit at Mar a Lago. Inspired by the ancient greeks.

Charla Magistral UPRM

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Charla Magistral UPRM presenta a la escritora boricua Giannina Braschi. "Crear un género". (20 de marzo de 2025, UPRM Mayagüez)

Putinoika Collection

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The contemporary design collective Roi du Lac will transform a vintage boutique in Chinatown into a whimsical pop-up installation, unveiling the Putinoika Collection, featuring blouses, scarves, and trays based on Braschi’s characters: the Muses of Bacchus, Putin’s Putinas, and the Rites of the Dancing Maenads in a mystical and magical space. There will also be a live performance by choreographer...

ABOVE CHINATOWN

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On October 30, 2024 at 7pm, Above Chinatown hosts a celebration of poetry, dance, and design in honor of the publication of Giannina Braschi’s magnus opus Putinoika. The contemporary design collective Roi du Lac transforms a vintage boutique in Chinatown into a whimsical pop-up installation where it previews its Putinoika Collection of blouses, scarves, and trays, featuring Braschi’s characters...

American Experimental Fiction

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The Jonathan Bayliss Society invites proposals for a roundtable on American experimental fiction. Beginning at least as early as Moby-Dick, American experimental fiction flourishes in the work of Stein, Burroughs, Pynchon, Gass, and Bayliss, and continues today with such writers as Giannina Braschi, Karen Russell, Colson Whitehead, Lance Olsen, and Mark Danielewski. Such writers disrupt...