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2014 Featured Festival Poet: Richard Blanco

Posted on by Rebecca Gambale, Online Communications Coordinator, Dodge Poetry

Richard Blanco reading at the 2012 Dodge Poetry Festival Richard Blanco is the fifth inaugural poet of the United States. He read his now famous poem “One Today” after Barack Obama was re-elected in 2012. Blanco was the first Latino, … Continue reading

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Poetry Friday: Richard Blanco, 2012 Festival Poet

Posted on by Rebecca Gambale, Program Associate

Richard Blanco is a civil engineer. Yes, he has a degree in Civil Engineering. But he is also building cities from his personal history in his poems, and he is building bridges across the cultures that have shaped him. A … Continue reading

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