{"id":267979,"date":"2024-09-27T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T13:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-giannina-braschis-putinoika-frenzy-in-the-trump-and-putin-era\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T09:10:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:10:02","slug":"mes-de-la-herencia-hispana-nuevo-libro-de-la-puertorriquena-giannina-braschi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/mes-de-la-herencia-hispana-nuevo-libro-de-la-puertorriquena-giannina-braschi\/","title":{"rendered":"Giannina Braschi&#8217;s Putinoika, Frenzy in the Trump and Putin Era"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen2{\nPADDING-RIGHT:0.17em; PADDING-LEFT:0.17em; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-TOP:black 1pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 1pt; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 1pt; BORDER-LEFT:black 1pt\n}\n.prnml4{\nMARGIN-TOP:0em; MARGIN-RIGHT:0em; MARGIN-BOTTOM:0em; MARGIN-LEFT:0.33em !IMPORTANT\n}\n.prnbcc{\nBORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>&#8220;I entered through a window of the White House.\u00a0<\/i><i>But I will get out through an escape door at Mar a Lago.&#8221; <\/i><i>&#8212;<\/i>Bacchus<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 24, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Giannina\u00a0Braschi&#8217;s new book <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4261156-1&amp;h=1030521822&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersongpress.com%2Fbooks%2Fp%2Fputinoika-by-giannina-braschi&amp;a=Putinoika\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Putinoika<\/a>\u00a0launches <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 27, 2024<\/span>. <i>Putinoika<\/i>\u00a0is a multi-genre epic about frenzy and plague in the Trump and Putin era. Inspired by ancient Greek tragedies, <i>Putinoika<\/i>\u00a0unfolds in three-parts: Palinode, Bacchae, and Putinoika. In a world flooding with collusion, delusion, and pollution, hope not only stands its ground in\u00a0<i>Putinoika<\/i>, but it elevates us to higher realms with exhilarating new literary forms, poetic expressions, and a renewed faith in creativity.\u00a0<i>Putinoika<\/i>\u00a0insists that poets, philosophers, and lovers have the capacity to create on a scale greater than society&#8217;s capacity to destroy. If\u00a0<i>Waiting for Godot<\/i>\u00a0is a threnody of hope in the atomic age,\u00a0Putinoika\u00a0is the &#8220;Invictus&#8221; we didn&#8217;t know we were waiting for after the global pandemic.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnevid1560left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\" title=\"Video trailer of Putinoika by iconic Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi. Praise for Putinoika: If, as in Ezra Pound\u2019s translation of Aristotle, the \u2018swift perception of relations\u2019 is truly the \u2018hallmark of genius,\u2019 it\u2019s in the brightly lit halls of Braschi\u2019s books where poetry is tested and stamped with such a mark.\u2019\u201d\u2014Forrest Gander, Pulitzer Prize winning poet\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"playerFrameVideo\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2513081\/Putinoika_Amazon.mp4\" width=\"512\" height=\"288\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" data-poster=\"http:\/\/\" data-autostart=\"false\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div>\n<table border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"1\" class=\"prnbcc\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Publisher:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Brown Ink, a new imprint of FlowerSong Press, curated by Frederick Luis Aldama<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Illustrators:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Rosaura Rodr\u00edguez and Omar Banuchi of D\u00edas C\u00f3mic; Roi du Lac<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Price:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">$21.00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">ISBN-10: \u200e\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">1963245784<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">ISBN-13: \u200e\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">978-1963245783<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Date:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">September 27, 2024<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Formats:\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"1\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Paperback and Digital<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\" colspan=\"2\" rowspan=\"1\">\n<p class=\"prnml4\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Available through FlowerSong, <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4261156-1&amp;h=2823735820&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FPutinoika-Giannina-Braschi%2Fdp%2F1963245784%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fcrid%3D35CVXPX97EGNS%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DyQTwn-lnj_z7puaCIQVVA.F1TgDa958OhNd-XkPjEeyg_c4spCxS1oS5lIJKG7cJ8%26dib_tag%3Dse%26keywords%3Dputinoika%26qid%3D1727105325%26sprefix%3Dputinoik%252Caps%252C165%26sr%3D8-1&amp;a=Amazon\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"prnews_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon<\/a>, Barnes &amp; Noble, or any online bookseller.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b>Praise for Putinoika<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If, as in <span class=\"xn-person\">Ezra Pound&#8217;s<\/span> translation of Aristotle, the &#8216;swift perception of relations&#8217; is truly the &#8216;hallmark of genius,&#8217; it&#8217;s in the brightly lit halls of Braschi&#8217;s books where poetry is tested and stamped with such a mark. Like her character, Frenzy, she&#8217;s a provocateur who believes in and pledges her fidelity only to &#8216;everything that exists.'&#8221;\u2014Forrest Gander, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and Chancellor Emeritus, Academy of American Poets<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A tour de force of philosophical poetry and poetical philosophy, offering a biting and hilarious denunciation of Trump&#8217;s America.&#8221; \u2014Madelena Gonzalez, Chair, Anglophone Literature, University of Avignon<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Braschi&#8217;s most audacious and electrifying creation yet! This thrilling ride spans from classical <span class=\"xn-location\">Greece<\/span> to front page news, where the supernatural dances with the mundane. Eccentric, hilarious, and profound, Putinoika is the rara avis of modern literature\u2014a true original that shatters conventions and leaves an indelible mark on your soul. As <span class=\"xn-person\">Tony Kushner<\/span> gives us <i>Angels in America <\/i>marking the AIDS epidemic and Perestroika, Braschi gives us Putinas in America amidst the global pandemic with\u00a0Putinoika. Her fearless storytelling sweeps you off your feet.&#8221; \u2014Nuria Morgado, Director, North American Academy of the Spanish Language<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This powerful, funny, profound, wise, crazed book is a wild ride. It is a bomb (a poem?, a novel?, a play?, fiction? essay?, comedy?, drama? all of the above?). It is a meditation on poetry, art, the pandemia, politics, Trump, his wall, the Putinas, the author, <span class=\"xn-location\">Puerto Rico<\/span>, Oedipus, and Baudelaire. I laughed to tears here and there while the book displays one of the cruelest portraits of our times. Bravo!&#8221; \u2014Carmen Boullosa, award-winning novelist<\/p>\n<p><b>Iconic Puerto Rican Author Giannina Braschi <\/b><\/p>\n<p>The Library of Congress calls the iconic Puerto Rican author <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4261156-1&amp;h=3295009926&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fgianninabraschi.com%2F&amp;a=Giannina+Braschi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Giannina Braschi<\/span><\/a> &#8220;cutting-edge, influential, and even revolutionary.&#8221; PEN America recognizes Braschi as &#8220;one of the most revolutionary voices in <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> today.&#8221; She writes poetry, fiction, and political philosophy in Spanish, Spanglish, and English. Her masterworks include <i>El imperio de los sue\u00f1os (Empire of Dreams)<\/i>, <i><span class=\"xn-person\">Yo-Yo Boing<\/span>!<\/i>, <i><span class=\"xn-location\">United States<\/span> of Banana, <\/i>and<i> Putinoika<\/i>. Her lifework is the subject of the anthology <i>Poets Philosophers Lovers: On the Writings of <span class=\"xn-person\">Giannina Braschi<\/span><\/i>, edited by <span class=\"xn-person\">Frederick Luis Aldama<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Tess O&#8217;Dwyer<\/span>. Braschi has received awards and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, New York Foundation for the Arts, Ford Foundation, Instituto de Cultura Puertorrique\u00f1a, and PEN America\u2014as well as Lifetime Achievement honors from the North American Academy of the Spanish Language (ANLE), Cambio 16 news in Spain,\u00a0and her native city of <span class=\"xn-location\">San Juan<\/span>. Terms frequently associated with Braschi&#8217;s writing include Postcolonial Literature, Latinx Philosophy, Postdramatic Theatre, McOndo, and Post-Boom. She goes simply by poet.<\/p>\n<p><b>For interview requests, contact publicist <span class=\"xn-person\">Lucas Jones<\/span>:<\/b> <b><a href=\"mailto:lucasjonespublicity@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">lucasjonespublicity@gmail.com<\/a><\/b> <br \/><b>952-215-4807<\/b><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgf401left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgf401left\" title=\"The Library of Congress calls the iconic Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi \u201ccutting-edge, influential, and even revolutionary.\u201d PEN America recognizes Braschi as \u201cone of the most revolutionary voices in Latin America today.\u201d She writes poetry, fiction, and political philosophy in Spanish, Spanglish, and English. Her masterworks include El imperio de los sue\u00f1os (Empire of Dreams), Yo-Yo Boing!, United States of Banana, and Putinoika.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2513080\/GIANNINA_BRASCHI_PUTINOIKA_PHOTO_LAURENT_BADESSI.jpg\" alt=\"The Library of Congress calls the iconic Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi \u201ccutting-edge, influential, and even revolutionary.\u201d PEN America recognizes Braschi as \u201cone of the most revolutionary voices in Latin America today.\u201d She writes poetry, fiction, and political philosophy in Spanish, Spanglish, and English. Her masterworks include El imperio de los sue\u00f1os (Empire of Dreams), Yo-Yo Boing!, United States of Banana, and Putinoika.\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg27e4left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg27e4left\" title=\"PUTINOIKA by Giannina Braschi is a multi-genre epic about frenzy and plague in the era of Putin and Trump. Inspired by the ancient Greek tragedies, PUTINOIKA unfolds in three-parts: Palinode, Bacchae, and Putinoika. In a world flooding with collusion, delusion, and pollution, hope not only stands its ground in PUTINOIKA, but it also elevates us to higher realms with exhilarating literary forms, poetic expressions, and a renewed faith in creativity.(Brown Ink, a new imprint of FlowerSong Press)\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2513079\/PUTINOIKA_Book_Cover.jpg\" alt=\"PUTINOIKA by Giannina Braschi is a multi-genre epic about frenzy and plague in the era of Putin and Trump. Inspired by the ancient Greek tragedies, PUTINOIKA unfolds in three-parts: Palinode, Bacchae, and Putinoika. In a world flooding with collusion, delusion, and pollution, hope not only stands its ground in PUTINOIKA, but it also elevates us to higher realms with exhilarating literary forms, poetic expressions, and a renewed faith in creativity.(Brown Ink, a new imprint of FlowerSong Press)\" align=\"middle\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Video &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4261156-1&amp;h=4214597249&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2513081%2FPutinoika_Amazon.mp4&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2513081%2FPutinoika_Amazon.mp4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2513081\/Putinoika_Amazon.mp4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4261156-1&amp;h=3269964755&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2513080%2FGIANNINA_BRASCHI_PUTINOIKA_PHOTO_LAURENT_BADESSI.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2513080%2FGIANNINA_BRASCHI_PUTINOIKA_PHOTO_LAURENT_BADESSI.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2513080\/GIANNINA_BRASCHI_PUTINOIKA_PHOTO_LAURENT_BADESSI.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4261156-1&amp;h=3967101112&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2513079%2FPUTINOIKA_Book_Cover.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2513079%2FPUTINOIKA_Book_Cover.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2513079\/PUTINOIKA_Book_Cover.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  FlowerSong Press<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><i>&#8220;I entered through a window of the White House.\u00a0<\/i><i>But I will get out through an escape door at Mar a Lago.&#8221; <\/i><i>&#8212;<\/i>Bacchus<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 24, 2024<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212; Giannina\u00a0Braschi&#8217;s new book <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4261156-1&amp;h=1030521822&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersongpress.com%2Fbooks%2Fp%2Fputinoika-by-giannina-braschi&amp;a=Putinoika\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Putinoika<\/a>\u00a0launches <span class=\"xn-chron\">September 27, 2024<\/span>&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":267980,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-267979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entretenimiento"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=267979"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267979\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268047,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/267979\/revisions\/268047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/267980"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=267979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=267979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=267979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}