Richard Blanco Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Richard Blanco

The latest segment of Village Voice is up & Sandra Cisneros is in the spotlight! Her new poetry collection WOMAN WITHOUT SHAME is the first to be published in twenty-eight years! Tune in to hear "You Bring Out the Mexican in Me" as it's read & discussed. https://t.co/T2bxQOhC7s https://t.co/I2t5v8KRqb

Richard Blanco

First snowfall at home in Maine! What's your favorite winter poem? Here's one of mine: "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert Frost https://t.co/WubE7cFCgz https://t.co/vQqAfhKsqG

Richard Blanco

The latest episode of "Village Voice" is LIVE! Tune in to enjoy poems by Campbell McGrath, January Gill O'Neil, and Ada Limón. @januaryoneil @adalimon @gbh https://t.co/pdWzi2cTMn https://t.co/wj0mfPiSsL

Richard Blanco

Tune in to hear about the first poem I ever wrote for my mother, & new work from the poetry collection *I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom* (@RedHenPress) by my good friend Kim Dower. https://t.co/fdD9e9fddo (First aired @GBH 5.23.22) https://t.co/2juJDgMsA0

Richard Blanco

I’m blown away by this powerful project: #WhitmanOnWalls. A hybrid event that brings poets & film together to showcase poems about the necessity of radical inclusivity. Inspired by Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” @Colombarinews https://t.co/VkJU6PU5EA https://t.co/Zj8GPeISiu

Richard Blanco

The latest episode of Village Voice is up! I joined @MargeryEagan & @jimbraude on @BosPublicRadio with poems by Marianne Moore & @adalimon, & suggest tangible ways to keep #PoetryMonth in perpetuity. Enjoy the poems as they're read & discussed! https://t.co/z3DwT052h6 https://t.co/UhAdVvjiVz

Richard Blanco

An honor to select HOW BLOOD WORKS (@KentStateUPress) by FIU alumna @ElleneGlennM as the winner of the Stan & Tom Wick Poetry Prize for the @WickPoetry. So proud! Join us for the prize reading on Oct 28 at 7:30pm if you're in the area of Kent, OH. https://www.kentstateuniversitypress.com/events/ https://t.co/BZQU7y5e0K

Richard Blanco

Happy publication day to Kim Dower! I had the honor of endorsing *Sunbathing on Tyrone Power's Grave* & cannot wait to get my hot hands on her new collection--*I Wore This Dress Today for You, Mom,* with @RedHenPress & in time for #MothersDay! https://t.co/edDtanXwdv https://t.co/0PEpguqZnR

Richard Blanco

Stumbled upon this stanza by yours truly in the stairwell @TheBetsyHotel while Mark & I were lost trying to find an event. Shout-out to #TheBetsy for their support of local artists & poets! Happy #StanzaSunday! See the #PoetryRail for the full poem https://www.thebetsyhotel.com/journal/the-betsy-poetry-rail-where-public-art-meets-poetic-inspiration https://t.co/ZMCS07YN52

Richard Blanco

Join me at the @MiamiBookFair for the launch of Miami’s Favorite Poems Project -- at the Off The Shelf Stage on 11/19 at 2:30 p.m - with special guest readers @MayorDaniella; @natallman, @RobertPinsky; Sandra Cisneros, among others. See you at the fair! https://t.co/seuvc6b0M8 https://t.co/SQupxoxa7o