Inaugural Poet Talks to Anderson Cooper. Richard Blanco, the first openly gay and Latino man to deliver the inaugural poem, told Anderson Cooper that his experience at the ceremony actually felt very intimate.
Inaugural poet Richard Blanco read “One Today” for President Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington D.C. yesterday. What did you think of the poem? Here is an excerpt: My face, your face, millions of faces in morning's mirrors, each one yawning to
Richard Blanco became the fifth poet to read at a Presidential inauguration today. Advance publicity about the choice of Blanco emphasized that he was the youngest, first Latino, openly gay poet to act as an inaugural poet.
He's a writer. He's co-chair of his town's planning board. He's even got an engineering degree. And now Richard Blanco can add yet another title – 2013 presidential inauguration poet. With that honor, Blanco, the 44-year-old son of Cuban exiles, joins
From south Florida's PBS affiliate WLRN: In in a heady achievement announced late last year, Blanco received a prestigious “Beyond Margins Award” from.
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