The avant-garde writings of Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi have long been the subject of college courses and doctoral dissertations in fields ranging from Latin American studies and Spanglish linguistics to postmodern and postcolonial literatures. But these days her radical texts are popping up in popular culture and far-ranging spaces traditionally devoid of Latinx poetry and philosophy...
Fashion and Poetry Quotes: "Fashion is a curtain that unveils the frenzy of poetry." Giannina Braschi "Your clothes conceal much of your beauty, yet they hide not the unbeautiful... Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." — Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet "You inhabit somebody through their sweater." — Anne Carson "Fashion offers us clues...
The New York States Writers Institute interviewed Giannina Braschi, a celebrated member of the Nuyorican poets and a pioneer of literature in Spanglish.
The topics included poetry and social distancing...