Richard Blanco was thrilled to join host Elisa New, Henry Louis Gates, Jr. and fellow inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, as a featured guest on the season premiere of Poetry in America. One of his favorite TV shows, it brings poetry into living rooms across the...
It was a tremendous honor to write (and recite) a poem about democracy and interdependence for Mayor Daniella Levine Cava’s State of the County Address. I'm grateful to have a mayor invested in the community, the arts, and the environment. Remember the...
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."
José Díaz-Balart talks to poet Richard Blanco about his new memoir “The Prince of Los Cocuyos” and his life growing up in the U.S. while trying to figure out his American identity surrounded by a family of Cuban exiles.
Until We Could, a gorgeous new video poem written by Richard Blanco, celebrates love and the freedom to marry for same-sex couples. The film is narrated by Golden Globe winning actress Robin Wright and actor Ben Foster. For more info on the campaign to win marriage...
Richard speaks about the arts and his connection to President John F. Kennedy and the first inaugural poet Robert Frost.