Richard Blanco
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Blanco's books include ''Homeland of My Body: New and Selected Poems'', ''How to Love a Country''; ''City of a Hundred Fires'', which received the Agnes Starrett Poetry Prize from the University of Pittsburgh Press; ''Directions to The Beach of the Dead'', recipient of the Beyond Margins Award from the PEN American Center; and ''Looking for The Gulf Motel'', recipient of the Paterson Poetry Prize and the Thom Gunn Award. He has also authored the memoirs ''For All of Us, One Today: An Inaugural Poet's Journey'' and ''The Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood'', winner of the Lambda Literary Prize.
In addition, Blanco has collaborated with Caldecott Medal renown cartoonist, author and illustrator Dav Pilkey on ''One Today'' illustrated children's book. He also partnered with photographer Jacob Hessler on the limited edition fine press poetry book [https://www.twopondspress.com/boundaries ''Boundaries''], with artist John Bailey on series of Ekphrastic paintings titled a [https://www.floatingwolfquarterly.com/6/richard-blanco/ ''Place of Mind''], and with Ramio Fernandez on the photography book ''[https://www.monacellipress.com/book/cuba-then-2/ Cuba Then] .''
He has been a professor, having taught at Georgetown University, American University, Central Connecticut State University, Wesleyan University, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Colby College, Carlow University, and currently at Florida International University. His passion is to demystify poetry teaching to all ages including grade school to nursing homes, at diverse writers workshops (e.g. Omega Institute, Maine Media Workshops), correctional institutions, and several non-profit organizations including the Writer's Center. He serves as the first Education Ambassador for the Academy of American Poets. Provided by Wikipedia
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Published: 2012.
Superior document: Pitt Poetry Series
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