Giannina Braschi

Giannina Braschi is a Puerto Rican poet, novelist, dramatist and scholar. Her notable works include Empire of Dreams from 1988, Yo-Yo Boing! from 1998, United States of Banana from 2011 and Putinoika from 2024. She writes cross-genre literature and political philosophy in Spanish, Spanglish and English, and her work deals with identity, empire and life between cultures. Her work is a hybrid of poetry, metafiction, postdramatic theatre, memoir, manifesto and political philosophy, exploring the journey of Hispanic immigrants and dramatizing the three main political options of Puerto Rico: independence, colony and state.