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Matters of the Sea/Cosas del Mar: A Poem Commemorating a New Era in Us-Cuba Relations

by Richard Blanco

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Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar is a commemorative bilingual chapbook that beautifully reproduces Richard Blanco's stirring poem presented during the historic reopening ceremony of the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on August 14, 2015."Matters of the Sea is one of the most emotionally complex and personal poems I've ever written, invested with all my love for the people of two countries that are part of my very being. As with the presidential inauguration in 2013, I am once again humbled and honored to participate as a poet in another historic moment of such significance. I'm elated by the power of poetry to mark such important, communal moments and to be a catalyst for change and understanding by reaching deep into our emotional selves and connecting us to our shared humanity."--Richard Blanco
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Book Details

ISBN:
9780822964001
Binding:
Paperback
Pages:
48
Authors:
Richard Blanco
Publisher:
University of Pittsburgh Press
Published Date:
2015-09-30
Language:
English

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About the poet: Richard Blanco

Richard Blanco (born in Madrid, Spain) is a Cuban-American poet who was the fifth inaugural poet in United States history, reading One Today at President Obama's second inauguration in 2013, and the first Latino, immigrant, and openly gay person to serve in that role. He grew up in Miami and studied engineering and creative writing at Florida International University, where he also received his MFA. His collections include City of a Hundred Fires (Pittsburgh, 1998), winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize, and How to Love a Country (Beacon Press, 2019). He received the Paterson Poetry Prize and a National Humanities Medal. He teaches at Harvard University's Extension School.

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