https://soundcloud.com/richard-blanco-poetry/the-village-voice-poems-about-mothers Through these poems, Blanco said he hopes to reveal “the complex emotional lives of mothers, who are first women and human beings.” This episode of Village Voice aired on Boston Public...
Richard Blanco Poetry · A Master Class In Poetry With Richard Blanco If you have a case of "metrophobia" — or fear of poetry — Richard Blanco wants to help you become a "metromaniac." The nation's fifth inaugural poet joined Boston Public Radio to share a master class...
Richard Blanco Poetry · In Two Poems, Women Identify Society's Restrictions — Then Cast Them Aside This week, poet Richard Blanco highlighted works by two eminent female poets: "Her Kind" by Anne Sexton and "The Journey" by Mary Oliver. In "Her Kind," Sexton looks at...
Richard Blanco Poetry · Poet Richard Blanco Examines Destiny, Chance, And The Immigrant Experience How are our lives shaped by decisions made long before we were born? That's a question poet Richard Blanco wrestles with in his latest installment of "Village Voice,"...
Richard Blanco Poetry · Poet Richard Blanco Grapples With 'The Hidden Racism In America' In the latest installment of "Village Voice," Blanco examined one of his own poems from the book "Boundaries," titled "Easy Lynching On Herndon Avenue." He was inspired to write...
The Orlando shootings at a gay nightclub hit home with Miami native Richard Blanco, best known for his poem ‘One Today’ delivered at President Obama’s second inauguration. Here is Blanco’s poem for Orlando
Poet Richard Blanco read a poem honoring stories from both sides of the strait between Cuba and Florida at the reopening of the U.S. Embassy in Havana.
A poignant, hilarious, and inspiring memoir from the first Latino and openly gay inaugural poet. Richard Blanco’s "The Prince of los Cocuyos" explores his coming-of-age as the child of Cuban immigrants in Miami and his attempts to understand his place in America while...
Recorded at Poets Forum 2014 in New York City, the Blaney Lecture is an annual lecture series that was created in memory of former Academy of American Poets Board Member Dorothy Gulbenkian Blaney. In this video, Richard Blanco, the 2013 inaugural poet of the U.S.,...
Author Richard Blanco joins Morning Joe to discuss his new book "The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood."