City of a Hundred Fires by Richard Blanco

City of a Hundred Fires

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City of a Hundred Fires by Richard Blanco

University of Pittsburgh Press

City of a Hundred Fires

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Named one of Library Journal's Top 20 Poetry Books of 1998
Winner of the 1997 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize
Runner up for the Great Lakes Colleges Association 1999 New Writers Award

City of a Hundred Fires presents us with a journey through the cultural coming of age experiences of the hyphenated Cuban-American. This distinct group, known as the Ñ Generation (as coined by Bill Teck), are the bilingual children of Cuban exiles nourished by two cultural currents--the fragmented traditions and transferred nostalgia of their parents' Caribbean homeland and the very real and present America where they grew up and live.
Book Details
Publisher:
University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN:
9780822956839
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
88
Authors:
Richard Blanco
Published Date:
1998-10-01
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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