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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 takes place in Boston. Michaela Smith, Georgia Southern University, chairs a panel on the works of Giannina Braschi, David Foster Wallace, and others. “The Defamiliarization of English in 20th Century-American Poetry,” Malek J. Zuraikat, Yarmouk University, Jordan "‘You Can’t Kill Time With Your Heart’: David Foster Wallace and the Time of Embodiment,” Cory...

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". (25 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...

Putinas of Putinoika

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Putinas of Putinoika Enjoy this World Literature Today interview about the Putinas of Putinoika. Sandra Guzmán interview Giannina Braschi. Putins of Putin from PUTINOIKA Give me more Putinas Por favor! A Conversation with Giannina Braschi September 24, 2024 by Sandra Guzmán The last time I saw Giannina Braschi was a year ago at the 92NY in New York City. The auditorium was...

Bookmark Presents Putinoika

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Bookmark Presents Putinoika Bookmark Presents Braschi 10/16/2024 – 6:00pm to 7:30pm Poetry/Fiction/Creative Nonfiction The Book Mark in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico proudly presents the iconic Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi on Wednesday, October 16th at 6pm. Braschi will read an excerpt from her new book PUTINOIKA (FlowerSong Press, 2024), a new imprint curated by Frederick...