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Visiting Writers: Richard Blanco

President Obama's Inaugural Poet, Richard Blanco was made in Cuba,
assembled in Spain, and imported to the United States—meaning his
mother, 7 months pregnant, and the rest of the family arrived as exiles
from Cuba to Madrid where he was born. Only 45 days later, the family
emigrated once more and settled in Miami. His acclaimed first book of
poetry, City of a Hundred Fires, explores the yearnings and negotiation
of cultural identity as a Cuban- American, and received the Agnes
Starrett Poetry Prize. His second book, Directions to The Beach of the
Dead, won the Beyond Margins Award from the PEN American Center for its
continued exploration of the universal themes of cultural identity and
homecoming.

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