{"id":273524,"date":"2025-11-17T05:07:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-boricua-author-giannina-braschi-headlines-american-studies-association-asa\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T06:20:02","modified_gmt":"2025-11-17T10:20:02","slug":"la-autora-boricua-giannina-braschi-encabeza-la-american-studies-association-asa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/la-autora-boricua-giannina-braschi-encabeza-la-american-studies-association-asa\/","title":{"rendered":"Boricua Author Giannina Braschi Headlines American Studies Association (ASA)"},"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\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n                  <b>Late-Stage American Empire?\u00a0<\/b>\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                  <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Nov. 17, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=1533474822&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasa.net%2Fbraschi&amp;a=+American+Studies+Association%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"> American Studies Association\u00a0<\/a>(ASA), the oldest and largest scholarly organization dedicated to interdisciplinary research on U.S. culture and history in a global context, announced that it will present nearly 2,000 scholars, writers, artists, and activists from around the world in San Juan, Puerto Rico. ASA&#8217;s annual convention\u2014themed &#8220;Late-Stage American Empire?&#8221;\u2014will take place November 19-22, 2025. The Headline Session features legendary Puerto Rican author and political philosopher\u00a0<b>Giannina Braschi<\/b>, winner of the ASA&#8217;s\u00a0<b>Angela Y. Davis Award<\/b>\u00a0and author of\u00a0the epic tragicomedy &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=3071361030&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersongpress.com%2Fbooks%2Fp%2Fputinoika-by-giannina-braschi&amp;a=PUTINOIKA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">PUTINOIKA<\/a>&#8221;\u00a0(<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=1695085999&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.flowersongpress.com%2Fnews-events%2Fputinoika-headlines-american-studies-associationnbsp&amp;a=Flowersong+Press\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Flowersong Press<\/a>, 2024).<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgd8b4left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgd8b4left\" title=\"Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi by Laurent Eli Badessi.\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2824010\/FlowerSong_Press.jpg\" alt=\"Puerto Rican author Giannina Braschi by Laurent Eli Badessi.\" align=\"middle\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>Giannina Braschi was a tennis champion and fashion model during her teen years in San Juan.\u00a0The US Library of Congress calls Braschi&#8217;s works as &#8220;cutting edge, influential, and even revolutionary.&#8221;\u00a0She writes fiction, poetry, and political philosophy in Spanish, Spanglish, and English. She wrote the postcolonial classic &#8220;United States of Banana&#8221; about the collapse of the American Empire and the liberation of Puerto Rico\u2014and the politically-charged tragicomedy &#8220;PUTINOIKA&#8221;\u00a0on collusion, pollution, and delusion in the Putin and Trump era. Her cross-genre books have been widely translated and adapted to other artforms and fields, including art song cycle, theater play, photography book, painting, graphic novel, cartooning, sculpture, industrial design, and urban planning theory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a cultural highlight of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=2837668223&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftheasa.net%2Fphd2025&amp;a=Public+Humanities+Day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Public Humanities Day<\/a>,\u00a0on Wednesday, November 19<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0at 7:00pm, ASA will present the Headline Session with Giannina Braschi at Humanidades Puerto Rico&#8217;s headquarters, located in Cuartel de Ballaj\u00e1 in the heart of Old San Juan.\u00a0Braschi will give a dramatic reading\u2014and renowned scholars\u00a0<b>Cristina Garrigos<\/b>\u00a0(President of the Spanish Association of American Studies),\u00a0<b>Nuria Morgado<\/b>\u00a0(Director of the North American Academy of the Spanish Language),\u00a0<b>Elidio La Torre Lagares<\/b>\u00a0(UPR-RP), and\u00a0<b>Carmen H. Rivera\u00a0<\/b>(UPR-RP) will have a conversation with the iconic Boricua writer. This free, public program is designed to widen perspectives not only about the Puerto Rican archipelago but about contemporary American culture at large.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To acquire free tickets to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=1110388141&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fform.jotform.com%2Fasastaff%2Fbraschi&amp;a=Giannina+Braschi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Giannina Braschi<\/a>\u00a0event and access to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=2821337869&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fform.jotform.com%2Fasastaff%2Fphd-registration&amp;a=other+Public+Humanities+Day+activities\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">other Public Humanities Day activities<\/a>\u00a0such as films, live performances, and walking tours, please visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=2663387235&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftheasa.net%2Fphd2025&amp;a=ASA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">ASA<\/a>&#8216;s website at:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=849897347&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftheasa.net%2Fphd2025&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Ftheasa.net%2Fphd2025\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/theasa.net\/phd2025<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:asastaff@theasa.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">asastaff@theasa.net<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=31161676&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2824010%2FFlowerSong_Press.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2824010%2FFlowerSong_Press.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2824010\/FlowerSong_Press.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE FlowerSong Press<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n                  <b>Late-Stage American Empire?\u00a0<\/b>\n                <\/p>\n<p>\n                  <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Nov. 17, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The<a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4559330-1&amp;h=1533474822&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theasa.net%2Fbraschi&amp;a=+American+Studies+Association%C2%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"> American Studies Association\u00a0<\/a>(ASA), the oldest and largest scholarly&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":273525,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273524","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arte-y-cultura"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273524","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=273524"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273524\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273526,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273524\/revisions\/273526"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}