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Miami Book Fair, the Miami Downtown Development Authority (DDA), and Books & Books invite you to a reading by Miami’s own presidential inaugural poet, Richard Blanco. Join us from your balcony, bedroom or home cocktail bar for an evening of reflection, as we celebrate poetry and its power to carry us through difficult moments. 

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Selected by President Obama as the fifth inaugural poet in U.S. history, Richard Blanco is the youngest and the first Latino, immigrant, and gay person to serve in such a role. Born in Madrid to Cuban exile parents and raised in Miami, the negotiation of cultural identity characterizes his four collections of poetry: Kijan pou renmen yon peyi, Vil San Dife, ki te resevwa Pri Pwezi Agnes Starrett nan men University of Pittsburgh Press; Direksyon pou Plaj Mò a, resipyan Pri Beyond Margins nan PEN American Center; epi Ap chèche The Gulf Motel, resipyan Pri Pwezi Paterson ak Pri Thom Gunn. Li te ekri tou memwa yo Pou Nou Tout, Yon Jounen Jodi a: Vwayaj Inogirasyon yon Powèt epi Prens Los Cocuyos la: Yon anfans nan Miami, gayan yon Pri Lambda Literè. Pwezi inogirasyon li “One Today” te pibliye kòm yon liv pou timoun, an kolaborasyon ak ilistratè renome Dav Pilkey. Limit, yon kolaborasyon ak fotograf Jacob Hessler, defye liy divizyon fizik ak sikolojik ki lonbraj Etazini. E dènye liv powèm li a, Kijan pou renmen yon peyi, both interrogates the American narrative, past and present, and celebrates the still unkept promise of its ideals. Blanco has written occasional poems for the re-opening of the U.S. Embassy in Cuba, Freedom to Marry, the Tech Awards of Silicon Valley, and the Boston Strong benefit concert following the Boston Marathon bombings. He is a Woodrow Wilson Fellow and has received numerous honorary doctorates. He has taught at Georgetown University, American University, and Wesleyan University. He serves as the first Education Ambassador for The Academy of American Poets.