Giannina Braschi is professor of Spanish at City University of New York. She was born in 1953 in Puerto Rico and has lived in New York City since 1977. She is the author of five books of poetry and is the recipient of numerous awards. Before settling in New York, she lived in San Juan, Madrid, Paris, Rome, and London.

• Part 1 Assault on time. Part 2 Profane comedy: dedication and warning - book of clowns and buffoons; poems of the world of the book of wisdom; pastoral or the inquisition of memories; song of nothingness; final manuscript; epilogue. Part 3 The intimate diary of solitude - death of poetry; rosaries at dawn.

Giannina Braschi is professor of Spanish at City University of New York. She was born in 1953 in Puerto Rico and has lived in New York City since 1977. She is the author of five books of poetry and is the recipient of numerous awards. Before settling in New York, she lived in San Juan, Madrid, Paris, Rome, and London.

• Part 1 Assault on time. Part 2 Profane comedy: dedication and warning - book of clowns and buffoons; poems of the world of the book of wisdom; pastoral or the inquisition of memories; song of nothingness; final manuscript; epilogue. Part 3 The intimate diary of solitude - death of poetry; rosaries at dawn.

Giannina Braschi is professor of Spanish at City University of New York. She was born in 1953 in Puerto Rico and has lived in New York City since 1977. She is the author of five books of poetry and is the recipient of numerous awards. Before settling in New York, she lived in San Juan, Madrid, Paris, Rome, and London.

• Part 1 Assault on time. Part 2 Profane comedy: dedication and warning - book of clowns and buffoons; poems of the world of the book of wisdom; pastoral or the inquisition of memories; song of nothingness; final manuscript; epilogue. Part 3 The intimate diary of solitude - death of poetry; rosaries at dawn.