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Books by Richard Blanco
  | | Grabbed Writers and Poets Respond to Sexual Assault: Poets & Writers on Sexual Assault, Empowerment & Healing (Afterword by Anita Hill) by Richard Blanco, Caridad Moro, Nikki Moustaki, Elisa Albo Paperback, 200 Pages, Published 2021 by Beacon Press, United States ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-7184-7, ISBN: 0-8070-7184-6 "Her most recent book of poetry is Who Said ; her second , Funny , won the Felix Pollak Prize in Poetry from the University of Wisconsin Press ... Hecht's poetry appears in the American Poetry Review , the New Yorker , 206 CONTRIBUTORS." |
 | | The Prince of los Cocuyos(Reprint) A Miami Childhood by Richard Blanco Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2015 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-231377-5, ISBN: 0-06-231377-0 "A poignant, hilarious, and inspiring 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.Richard Blanco's childhood and adolescence were experienced between two imaginary worlds: his parents' nostalgic world of 1950s Cuba and his imagined America, ..." |
 | | One Today by Richard Blanco, Dav Pilkey Hardcover, 40 Pages, Published 2015 by Little, Brown Books For Young Readers ISBN-13: 978-0-316-37144-5, ISBN: 0-316-37144-0 "One Today is a poem celebrating America.President Barack 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." |
 | | The Prince of los Cocuyos(1st Edition) A Miami Childhood by Richard Blanco Hardcover, 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Ecco ISBN-13: 978-0-06-231376-8, ISBN: 0-06-231376-2 "A poignant, hilarious, and inspiring 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.Richard Blanco’s childhood and adolescence were experienced between two imaginary worlds: his parents’ nostalgic world of 1950s Cuba and his imagined America, ..." |
 | | For All of Us, One Today(1st Edition) An Inaugural Poet's Journey by Richard Blanco Paperback, 112 Pages, Published 2013 by Beacon Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8070-3380-7, ISBN: 0-8070-3380-4 "For All of Us, One Today is a fluid, poetic story anchored by Richard Blanco’s experiences as the inaugural poet in 2013, and beyond. In this brief and evocative narrative, he shares for the first time his journey 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 ..." |
 | | Looking for The Gulf Motel(1st Edition) (Pitt Poetry Series) by Richard Blanco Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2012 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-6201-4, ISBN: 0-8229-6201-2 "Family continues to be a wellspring of inspiration and learning for Blanco. His third book of poetry, Looking for The Gulf Motel, is a genealogy of the heart, exploring how his family's emotion legacy has shaped--and continues shaping--his perspectives. The collection is presented in three movements, each one chronicling his understanding of a particular facet of life from childhood into adulthood. As a child born into the milieu of his ..." |
 | | Directions to the Beach of the Dead(1st Edition) (Camino del Sol) by Richard Blanco Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2005 by University Of Arizona Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8165-2479-2, ISBN: 0-8165-2479-3 "In his second book of narrative, lyric poetry, Richard Blanco explores the familiar, unsettling journey for home and connections, those anxious musings about other lives: “Should I live here? Could I live here?” Whether the exotic (“I’m struck with Maltese fever …I dream of buying a little Maltese farm…) or merely different (“Today, home is a cottage with morning in the yawn of an open window…”), he examines the restlessness that threa ..." |
 | | City of a Hundred Fires(1st Edition) (Pitt Poetry Series) by Richard Blanco Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 1998 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-5683-9, ISBN: 0-8229-5683-7 "Winner of the 1997 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize. City of a Hundred Fires presents us with a journey through the cultural coming of age experiences of the hyphenated Cuban-American. This distinct group, known as the Generation (as coined by Bill Teck), are the bilingual children of Cuban exiles nourished by two cultural currents the fragmented traditions and transferred nostalgia of their parents' Caribbean homeland and the very real and ..." |
 | | Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar(1st Edition) A Poem Commemorating a New Era in US-Cuba Relations by Richard Blanco, Ruth Behar Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-6400-1, ISBN: 0-8229-6400-7 ""Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar "is a commemorative bilingual chapbook that beautifully reproduces Richard Blanco s stirring poem presented during the historic reopening ceremony of the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on August 14, 2015. " Matters of the Sea" is one of the most emotionally complex and personal poems I ve ever written, invested with all my love for the people of two countries that are part of my very being. As ..." |
 | | Boston Strong(1st Edition) The Poem to benefit The One Fund Boston by Richard Blanco Paperback, 20 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-6275-5, ISBN: 0-8229-6275-6 ""Boston Strong" is a commemorative chapbook that beautifully reproduces Richard Blanco's poignant poem presented May 30, 2013 at the benefit concert to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occured on April 15, 2013 during the Boston Marathon. The net proceeds from the sale of this book benefit The One Fund Boston. The One Fund Boston was established through the generosity of businesses, foundations, and individual don ..." |
 | | One Today(1st Edition) A Poem for Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration by Richard Blanco Paperback, 28 Pages, Published 2013 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-6251-9, ISBN: 0-8229-6251-9 "One Today is a commemorative chapbook of Richard Blanco’s inaugural poem, presented January 21, 2013 during President Barack Obama’s inauguration ceremony." |
 | | Cuba Then(Updated) Revised and Expanded by Ramiro Fernandez, Richard Blanco Hardcover, 320 Pages, Published 2018 by The Monacelli Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58093-510-4, ISBN: 1-58093-510-9 "Following on the success of the first edition of Cuba Then (2014), this revised and expanded edition introduces more than 100 dazzling new images that build on the allure of Cuba, past and present.In the last few years, Cuba has see seismic shifts in its politics and international standing: US-Cuba relations moved toward normalization, the US embassy was reopened, and Fidel Castro died. The intensified interest in Cuba has seen record n ..." |
 | | Cuba Then(Reprint) Rare and Classic Images from the Ramiro Fernandez Collection by Ramiro Fernandez, Richard Blanco, Monacelli Press Hardcover, 288 Pages, Published 2014 by The Monacelli Press ISBN-13: 978-1-58093-383-4, ISBN: 1-58093-383-1 "Vintage photos from one of the largest archives of Cuban photography in the world capture the island's history. The enduring fascination of Cuba intensifies as the island once again becomes a seductive travel destination. From Ramiro Fernandez, whose collection of Cuban photography and ephemera is one of the largest outside of the island nation, comes a dazzling array of images of Cuban life, lifestyle, glamour, customs, and struggle fr ..." |
 | | One Today by Richard Blanco Published 2015 ISBN-13: 978-0-316-30397-2, ISBN: 0-316-30397-6 |
 | | Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar A Poem Commemorating a New Era in US-Cuba Relations by Richard Blanco 24 Pages, Published 2015 by University Of Pittsburgh Press ISBN-13: 978-0-8229-8126-8, ISBN: 0-8229-8126-2 "A Poem Commemorating a New Era in US-Cuba Relations Richard Blanco. “ estrella” into a verb, “se estrellan.” There is joy in the syllabic repetition of “ tristezas” (“sorrows”) and “esperanzas” (“hopes”) and heartbreak when one says “las caras marchitas de parientes” (“brittle family faces”), with the word “marchita” conjuring the sad withering of flowers. I knew I was in the company of a great poet because the poem kept growing like ..." |
 | | One Today The Inaugural Poems for President Barack Obama by Richard Blanco 40 Pages, Published 2015 by Little, Brown Books For Young Readers ISBN-13: 978-0-316-38812-2, ISBN: 0-316-38812-2 "The text and display type were set in Hiroshige. This book was edited by Susan Rich and designed by Saho Fujii. The production was supervised by Erika Schwartz, and the production editor was Christine Ma. Text copyright © 2015 by Richard Blanco • Illustrations copyright © 2015 by Dav Pilkey • Cover art © 2015 by Dav Pilkey • Cover design by Saho Fujii • Cover © 2015 Hachette Book Group, Inc. • All rights reserved. In accordance wit ..." |
 | | Constellation(1st Edition) by Melissa Mcgill, Joe Baker Phd, Sam Anderson, Richard Blanco, Hadrien Coumans, Edwin Torres, Tracy K. Smith, Jeffrey Yang Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 2015 by Princeton Architectural Press ISBN-13: 978-1-61689-430-6, ISBN: 1-61689-430-X "In June 2015, a new constellation will rise above the site of a castle ruin in the middle of the Hudson River, fifty miles north of New York City. Three years in the making, Melissa McGill's large-scale public art project is now in the final phase of production. Every evening as the sun goes down, starry points of light will emerge one by one with the stars of the night sky around a castle ruin on an abandoned island. Constellation, the ..." |
 | | The Prince of Los Cocuyos(1st Edition) by Richard Blanco Paperback, 249 Pages, Published 2014 by Unknown ISBN-13: 978-0-06-242749-6, ISBN: 0-06-242749-0 |
 | | The Prince of Los Cocuyos A Miami Childhood by Richard Blanco Digital Download, 272 Pages, Published 2014 by Harper Collins ISBN-13: 978-0-06-231378-2, ISBN: 0-06-231378-9 "Where am I from? Where do I belong? Who am I? These are the universal questions that have emerged from Richard Blanco's illuminating, story-rich poetry." |
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