Richard Blanco
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
20231024
Language
English
Description
"A rich, accomplished, intensely intimate collection with two full sections of new poems bookending Blanco's selections from his five previous volumes. "An engineer, poet, Cuban American...his poetry bridges cultures and languages-a mosaic of our past, our present, and our future-reflecting a nation that is hectic, colorful, and still becoming." -President Joe Biden, conferring the National Humanities Medal on Richard Blanco, 2023"--
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A ... memoir from the first Latino and openly gay inaugural poet, which explores his coming-of-age as the child of Cuban immigrants and his attempts to understand his place in America while grappling with his burgeoning artistic and sexual identities"--Amazon.com.
3) One today
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
President Barak Obama invited Richard Blanco to write a poem to share at his second presidential inauguration. That poem is One Today, a lush and lyrical, patriotic commemoration of America from dawn to dusk and from coast to coast. Brought to life here by beloved, award-winning artist Dav Pilkey, One Today is a tribute to a nation where the extraordinary happens every single day.
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
©2013.
Language
English
Description
"A fluid, poetic memoir anchored by Richard Blanco's experiences as America's fifth inaugural poet In this brief and evocative memoir, Richard Blanco shares his life as a Latino immigrant and openly gay man discovering a new, emotional understanding of what it means to be an American. He tells the story of the call from the White House committee and all the exhilaration and upheaval of the days that followed. He reveals the inspiration and challenges...
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The diverse poems in this collection form a mosaic of seemingly varied topics: the Pulse Nightclub massacre; an unexpected encounter on a visit to Cuba; the forced exile of 8,500 Navajos in 1868; the arrival of a young Chinese woman at Angel Island in 1938; the incarceration of a gifted writer; and the poet's abiding love for his partner, who he is finally allowed to wed. But despite each poem's unique subject matter or occasion, all are fundamentally...
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"The stories and poems in this collection address the physical and psychological trauma of sexual assault from a variety of perspectives and voices"--
The twenty-first century has brought unprecedented evidence of the prevalence of sexual abuse and assault. As the world begins to recognize the depraved and hypocritical actions of people (chiefly men) in power, people are raising their voices against a culture that has allow this behavior to continue....
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