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For all of us, one today : an inaugural poet's journey / Richard Blanco.

Title
For all of us, one today : an inaugural poet's journey / Richard Blanco.
Author
Blanco, Richard, 1968-
Publication
Boston : Beacon Press, [2013]

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  • Blanco, Richard, 1968-
  • Bemis/Flaherty Collection of Gay Poetry WU
Description
112 pages; 22 cm
Summary
"A fluid, poetic memoir anchored by Richard Blanco's experiences as America's fifth inaugural poet In this brief and evocative memoir, Richard Blanco shares his life 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 days that followed. He reveals the inspiration and challenges behind the creation of the inaugural poem, "One Today," as well as two other poems commissioned for the occasion ("Mother Country" and "What We Know of Country"), published here for the first time ever, alongside translations of all three poems into his native Spanish. Finally, Blanco reflects on his spiritual embrace of Americans everywhere through the power of poetry and his vision for its new role in our nation's consciousness. Like the inaugural poem itself, For All of Us Today speaks to what makes this country and its people great, marking a triumphant moment in American history and letters"--
Subject
  • Blanco, Richard, 1968-
  • Poets, American > Biography
  • Immigrants > United States > Biography
  • Gay men > United States > Biography
  • POETRY / American / Hispanic American
  • BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
  • POETRY / Caribbean & Latin American
Genre/Form
Biographies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
America -- What We Know of Country (Lo Que Sabemos de la Patria) -- Mother Country ( Madre Patria) -- One Today (Hoy, Uno)
ISBN
  • 9780807033807 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 0807033804 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 9780807033814 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
^^2013038547
OCLC
  • 859168571
  • SCSB-11144455
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library