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To Create a Genre

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Università di Trieste:

La scrittrice portoricana Giannina Braschi terrà una conferenza dal titolo “To Create a Genre” e leggerà estratti dal libro sui cui sta lavorando, nell’ambito del corso di “Narrazioni e Storytelling” della Prof.ssa Sergia Adamo.

Putinas of Putin

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Putinas of Putin, a dramatic scene from Giannina Braschi‘s new work Putinoika. Las Putinas de Putin Enjoy this video of a poetry reading of the Putinas of Putin by Giannina Braschi at the Unterberg Poetry Center of the 92nd Street Y. The reading was in celebration of the Daughters of Latin America: An Anthology Reading, edited by Sandra Guzman. Master of ceremonies: Rosie Perez. Authors...

Sagrado Corazón Alumna Honored

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En la historia de Giannina Braschi, exalumna de Sagrado, se escribe un nuevo capítulo luego que la Academia Norteamericana de la Lengua Española (ANLE) le otorgara un premio “Enrique Anderson Imbert” este 2022, por su trayectoria literaria. De inicio, “la madre Arzuaga me exhortó a estudiar psicología y filosofía, un ejercicio que me ayudó a encontrarme”, dijo la poeta egresada del Colegio de las...

Puerto Rican Graphic Novels

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Read about Puerto Rican graphic novels, starting with "United States of Banana" by Giannina Braschi and Joakim Lindengren. “I was a monument to immigration—now I’m a border control cop.” So admits the Statue of Liberty in Giannina Braschi’s United States of Banana, a rollicking and nakedly political allegory of US imperialism and Puerto Rican independence. Illustrated by Swedish comic book artist...

Christopher Lightfoot Walker Reading Series

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Christopher Lightfoot Walker Reading Series 2023. Daughters of Latin America: An Anthology Reading Hosted by Rosie Perez amd featuring Giannina Braschi, Sonia Guiñansaca, Jamaica Kincaid, Quiara Alegría Hudes, Yolanda Arroyo Pizarro, and Esmeralda Santiago. An eclectic and inclusive time capsule spanning centuries, genres, and geographical and linguistic diversity, Daughters of Latin America is...

Unterberg Poetry Center 2023-2024

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Unterberg Poetry Center 2023-2024 presents “Daughters of Latin America: An Anthology Reading”, a special program featuring Latine and Caribbean authors such as Rosie Perez, Giannina Braschi, Jamaica Kincaid, and others.

Daughters of Latin America Anthology

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Daughters of Latin America An International Anthology of Writing by Latine Women By Sandra Guzman Spanning time, styles, and traditions, a dazzling collection of essential works from 140 Latine writers, scholars, and activists from across the world—from warrior poet Audre Lorde to novelist Edwidge Danticat and performer and author Elizabeth Acevedo and artist/poet Cecilia Vicuña—gathered in...

Experimental Writing Today

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World Literature Today: Carlos Labbé wonders whether it is “still possible to speak of experimental writing when we live in a reality where facts are constantly written in a language already programmed by someone else.” Examining the work of Giannina Braschi, he makes a case that it is, indeed, still possible.

Puerto Rican Diaspora Writers

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Diasporic Journeys is a collection of interviews on contemporary Diasporic Puerto Rican authors publishing and performing throughout the Unites States and abroad, with particular interest in the ways in which history, traditions, geographic dispersal, cultural/ national identity, and linguistic merging converge in their lived experience and in their writing. The collection includes interviews...

50º aniversario de la ANLE

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Como parte de las actividades celebratorias del quincuagésimo aniversario de la ANLE, la Junta Directiva dio a conocer el programa de la ceremonia protocolar que se llevará a cabo el sábado 3 de junio en las instalaciones del Instituto Cervantes de Nueva York (211 East 49th Street, New York, NY). Presentación del Premio Nacional “Enrique Anderson Imbert” de la ANLE en sus ediciones 2022 y 2023:...