For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet's Journey
Autor Richard Blancoen Limba Engleză Paperback – 19 noi 2013
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780807033807
ISBN-10: 0807033804
Pagini: 112
Dimensiuni: 142 x 215 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Beacon Press (MA)
ISBN-10: 0807033804
Pagini: 112
Dimensiuni: 142 x 215 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.18 kg
Editura: Beacon Press (MA)
Notă biografică
Selected by President Obama to be the fifth inaugural poet in history, Richard Blanco is the youngest, first Latino, first immigrant, and first openly gay person to serve in the role. The negotiation of cultural identity and universal themes of place and belonging characterize his three collections of poetry—City of a Hundred Fires, Directions to The Beach of the Dead, and Looking for The Gulf Motel. Blanco is a fellow of the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference and a Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow. He lives in Bethel, Maine.