Richard Blanco
Richard Blanco | Richard Blanco is one of the most beloved and ...
An engineer, poet, Cuban American... his poetry bridges cultures and languages – a mosaic of our past, our present, and our future.
Richard Blanco | The Poetry Foundation
Blanco has been a practicing engineer, writer, and poet since 1991. His collections of poetry include Homeland of My Body: New & Selected Poems (2023)
He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read the poem "One Today" for Barack Obama's second inauguration. He is the ...
Richard Blanco was the youngest, the first Latinx, immigrant, and gay person to serve in that role. In 2023, Blanco was awarded the National Humanities Medal.
Poet for President Barack Obama | Memoirist, Speaker, Professor. Recent: HOMELAND OF MY BODY (@beaconpress, 2023)
About Richard Blanco | Academy of American Poets
Richard Blanco - Richard Blanco is the Education Ambassador of the Academy of American Poets. In his role, he helps champion the organization's free ...
Richard Blanco | National Endowment for the Humanities
An award-winning poet and author, professor and public speaker, and son of Cuban immigrants, Richard Blanco's powerful storytelling challenges the boundaries of ...
Richard Blanco - Blue Flower Arts
An engineer, poet, Cuban American, Richard Blanco's poetry bridges cultures and languages—a mosaic of our past, our present, and our future—reflecting ...
Why I Needed To by Richard Blanco - Poems - Poets.org
Why I Needed To - because I faithfully reply to every email.
Richard Blanco - Poetry Society of America
The "message"—political or otherwise—should be integral to the poem and serve the it; the poem should not serve the message. That's putting the cart before the ...
A masterful poet who is clear-eyed and full of heart, Blanco explores the country's haunted past while offering a bright hope for the future.
Richard Blanco | Smith College
I am not shaving, I'm writing about it. ... a river, and then rain again, so silently. ... and how quietly my father's life passed us by. ... from the face that never ...
Richard Blanco (@rblancopoet) / X
Presidential Inaugural Poet, Public Speaker, Professor, Storyteller • Author: HOMELAND OF MY BODY @beaconpressbks • Booking: @blueflowerarts.
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América | The Poetry Foundation
América. By Richard Blanco. Share. I ... Tío Berto was the last to leave. Copyright Credit: "America" from City of a Hundred Fires, by Richard Blanco, © 1998.
Richard Blanco | FIU College of Arts, Sciences & Education
Richard Blanco ... Professor Blanco was selected by President Obama to serve as the fifth Inaugural Poet in U.S. history. He earned his MFA from Florida ...
Richard Blanco : Awards | Carnegie Corporation of New York
The nation's fifth inaugural poet, he was the youngest, the first immigrant, the first Latino, and the first openly gay poet to be selected for the honor.
Why Maine poet Richard Blanco found himself teary ... - YouTube
It's been a year to remember for someone who's seen presidential hoopla before. Read the full story here: ...
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco speaks to Harvard students on identity
The inaugural poet speaks about being a gay Cuban American. ... As a child, Richard Blanco—the youngest and first openly gay and Latino poet ever to read a poem ...
Property Expert & Broadcaster - Richard Blanco
Richard started buying property in 2003 and has built a portfolio across six London boroughs. He was London Representative for the National Residential ...