Boston Strong: The Poem to Benefit the One Fund Boston

Name: Boston Strong: The Poem to Benefit the One Fund Boston
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ISBN: 9780822962755

by Richard Blanco

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Boston Strong is a commemorative chapbook that beautifully reproduces Richard Blanco's poignant poem presented May 30, 2013 at the benefit concert to help the people most affected by the tragic events that occured on April 15, 2013 during the Boston Marathon.

The net proceeds from the sale of this book benefit The One Fund Boston.

The One Fund Boston was established through the generosity of businesses, foundations, and individual donors. The Victim Relief Fund of The One Fund Boston will be used to assist those families of the victims who were killed and the victims who were most seriously affected as a result of the tragic events during the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013, and related events on April 18 and April 19.

Publisher:: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN:: 9780822962755
Binding:: Paperback
Pages:: 20
Authors:: Richard Blanco
Published Date:: 2013-07-15
Language:: English

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About Richard Blanco

Richard Blanco read One Today at President Obama's second inauguration in 2013, the fifth inaugural poet in United States history and the first Latino, immigrant, and openly gay person in the role. Born in Madrid, Spain, he grew up in Miami and studied engineering and creative writing at Florida International University, earning his MFA there. His collection City of a Hundred Fires (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1998) won the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. Later books include How to Love a Country (Beacon Press, 2019). He received the Paterson Poetry Prize and the 2021 National Humanities Medal.

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