Richard Blanco
Books
Homeland of My Body
How to Love a Country
“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.”
– Ada Limón, U.S. Poet Laureate
Boundaries
“Together in this book, Richard and Jacob are our partners, extending their hands to us at a time when we need it the most.”
– Jorge Ramos
One Today
“Blanco showed great courage…and it’s courage that is the most important of all virtues because without courage, you can’t practice any other virtue consistently.”
– Maya Angelou
Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mars
Reopening ceremony of the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba on August 14, 2015.
One Today
“Richard Blanco is a graceful wordsmith, and Pilkey transforms his poem into a story that children can make their own.”
– Publishers Weekly, starred review
Cuba Then: Rare and Classic Images from the Ramiro Fernandez Collectiony
Vintage photos from one of the largest archives of Cuban photography in the world capture the island’s history. With nearly 300 exceptional images and a foreword and poetry by Richard Blanco, the poet selected for President Obama’s second inauguration, this is a multifaceted look at Cuba, then.
The Prince of los Cocuyos
“Richard Blanco tenderly, exhilaratingly chronicles his Miami childhood amid a colorful, if suffocating, family of Cuban exiles, as well as his quest to find his artistic voice and the courage to accept himself as a gay man.”
– O, The Oprah Magazine
For All of Us, One Today
“This is a book not just about one poet’s journey, but about the power of poetry to capture moments, to transform lives, and to illuminate truths.”
– Anderson Cooper
Boston Strong
A commemorative chapbook that beautifully reproduces Blanco’s poignant poem presented at the Boston Strong Concert, benefiting the people most affected by the tragic events that occurred on April 15, 2013 during the Boston Marathon.
Looking for The Gulf Motel
Winner of the Paterson Prize, the Thom Gunn Award, and a Maine Literary Award
Directions to the Beach of the Dead
Winner of the Beyond Margins Award from PEN America
City of a Hundred Fires
Winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize