Braschi, Giannina

Giannina Braschi is Puerto Rico s most influential and versatile writer of poetry, fiction, and essays. She was a tennis champion and fashion model during her teen years before discovering writing. She lived in Madrid, Paris, Rome, and London before settling in New York where she taught at Colgate, Rutgers, and City University. With a Ph.D. in Golden Age Spanish literature, she has written on Cervantes, Garcilaso, Lorca, Machado, Vallejo, and Becquer. Author of Empire of Dreams and Yo-Yo Boing!, Braschi s cutting-edge work has been recognized by the National Endowment for the Arts, the NY Foun...