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Freepress Online: Belfast and Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco Featured at Maine Downtown

Examiner.com: Poet Richard Blanco is driven to push the cause for LGBT and immigration rights

Fox News Latino: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco Uses New Platform To Push Gay, Immigration Causes

Voz de América: Poeta Richard Blanco visita la VOA

NBC Latino: President Obama invites his inaugural poet Richard Blanco for intimate chat

429 Magazine: Poet Richard Blanco to contribute Boston Strong poem

Boston Herald: We Hear; Tom Brady, Orb, Richard Blanco...

St. John Valley Times: Maine Downtown Conference to feature poet Richard Blanco

Salem News: Why poetry? Why now?

Miami Herald: Poetry project of Honduran schoolchildren attracts Inaugural poet Richard Blanco

CBS47.tv: Award winning poet inspires Reedley students

Miami Herald: O, Miami brings poetry to the community for a month

Portland Press Herald: Using his celebrity for the greater good

MySanAntonio.com: Poet discovers real America

North Potomac-Darnestown Patch: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco is Coming to Rockville

Scarborough Leader: Assembly features inaugural poet

MySanAntonio.com: Inaugural poet in S.A. for readings

KeepMeCurrent.com: Inaugural poet inspires Scarborough students: 'Poems don't just happen'

CBS News: Richard Blanco on creating a mental space through poetry

CBS News: Sunday Morning Show Notes, March 31, 2013

The Republic: Richard Blanco, Edwidge Danticat among writers participating in O, Miami poetry festival

Portland Press Herald: Poet, artist join at UMMA in 'Place of Mind'

Portland Press Herald: Society Notebook: Telling Time at Glitterati

Men's Journal: Richard Blanco's Poets Every Man Should Read

Maine Arts Commission: Dyer Rhoads is the 2013 Maine State Champion

The Maine Edge: Poetry Out Loud

Miami Herald: Equality Florida honors poet Richard Blanco, activists Robert Loupo, David Bloom

Americas Society Event: Richard Blanco and Gustavo Pérez Firmat: April 24, 2013, 7 pm

Harvard Crimson: Blanco Explores Poetry, Identity

Poetry Society: Questions of Faith: Richard Blanco

Harvard Magazine: Richard Blanco: "Navigating Identities"

Reedley Exponent: Famous poet due at college

Lambda Literary Foundation: 25th Annual Lambda Literary Award Finalists Announced

Laurinburg Exchange: Presidential poet shares inspiration

Publishing Triangle: Richard Blanco is a finalist for Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry

WLBZ 2 News: Inaugural poet packs Merrill Auditorium (VIDEO)

Portland Press Herald: Poet Blanco gets a superstar welcome in Portland

Boston Globe: Inaugural poet goes from Maine to the nation

Univision: Richard Blanco: el poeta presidencial (VIDEO)

Miami Herald: 'Son of Miami' Richard Blanco talks life, inaugural poetry

WLRN: Poet Richard Blanco Reads In Miami (LISTEN)

HuffPost Miami: Richard Blanco, Inaugural Poet, Returns To Miami For Free Arsht Center Homecoming

BuzzFeed: "Afternoons As Endora," An Essay By Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco

NPR: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco: 'I Finally Felt Like I Was Home' (LISTEN)

Yale Daily News: Inaugural poet talks 'One Today'

Yale University: Two Inaugural Poets in Conversation

WSHU: Innaugural poet makes appearence at Yale (LISTEN)

WGME: Kim Block Speaks To Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco (VIDEO)

Chicago Tribune: Richard Blanco discusses his Inauguration Day poetry reading

Yale News: Two inaugural poets on one stage: Richard Blanco and Elizabeth Alexander at Yale

WFMY: Inaugural poet Richard Blanco returns to Maine

Portland Press Herald: Maine poet, inaugural star, to read in Portland

Anderson Cooper 360°: Poet: Hearing Stonewall in Obama's speech was 'Simply amazing'

Univision: La madre del poeta Richard Blanco, estrella entre sus vecinos de Miami (Video)

NBC Latino: Poet Richard Blanco reveals what it was like at the inauguration

NYmag.com: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco: 'I Did Not Lip-Synch!'

CNN: Inaugural poet: My story is America's, by Richard Blanco

PBS New Hour: Weekly Poem: 'One Today'

Advocate: Inaugural Poet Talks to Anderson Cooper (video)

BBC: Inaugural poet on explaining US in a verse (video)

Washington Post: Inaugural poet Richard Blanco pays homage to American experience

WLRN Miami: Why Miami Poet Richard Blanco Embodies Obama's Winning Coalition

Miami Herald: Poet, priest give Obama's inauguration a Cuban touch

Miami Herald: Cuban exile mother of inaugural poet Richard Blanco now in spotlight

LA Times: Inauguration 2013: Richard Blanco's poem captures nation's hope, unease

PBS: Newsmaker Interview: Inauguration Poet Richard Blanco Hopes to Offer Words of Unity, Belonging

New York Times: Poet's Kinship With the President

Poetry Foundation: Richard Blanco on being chosen as the nation's fifth inaugural poet.

TIME: Richard Blanco, Obama's Inaugural Poet: Not Your Father's Cuban Exile

PBS: Friday on the NewsHour: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco

Sun Sentinel: South Florida engineer becomes Obama's chosen poet

HuffPost Miami: Naming Richard Blanco the Inaugural Poet Is Beautiful

Boston Globe: Character Sketch: Richard Blanco

CBS Miami: Former Miamian Is First Latino Selected As Inauguration's Poet

Washington Blade: Obama's poetic choice of Richard Blanco

Post-Gazette: Richard Blanco, poet for Obama inaugural, was nurtured by University of Pittsburgh Press

NPR: Beyonce, Clarkson To Perform At Obama Inauguration

Washington Post: Richard Blanco will be poet for Obama's second inauguration

ABC Univision: Richard Blanco: First Latino, Gay Man Selected as Inaugural Poet

Fox News: Richard Blanco Becomes First Latino and Gay Selected as Inaugural Poet

La Opinion: Poeta Richard Blanco recitará en inauguración de Obama

Miami Herald: Poet Richard Blanco's road from Miami to presidential inauguration

LA Times: Richard Blanco named Obama's 2013 inaugural poet

Huffington Post: As Inaugural Poet, Richard Blanco Is Expected To Be A Voice Of Diversity

PBS: Poet Richard Blanco Chosen to Read at Obama's Inauguration

FIU: Two-time FIU graduate selected as President Obama's 2013 Inaugural Poet

Morning Sentinel: Mainer chosen as inaugural poet

USA Today: Obama inaugural poet has many firsts

Sun Journal: Bethel's Richard Blanco chosen poet for Obama's inauguration

Color Lines: Gay Cuban-American Poet Richard Blanco to Read at Obama's Inauguration

WCSH 6 - Portland: Obama chooses Maine man as inaugural poet

WLRN - Miami: For His Inaugural Poet, Obama Chooses Miami Cuban-American Richard Blanco

Kennebec Journal: Mainer chosen as inaugural poet

Portland Press Herald: Mainer chosen as inaugural poet

Radio Boston: Obama Chooses New England Poet For Inauguration


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Human Rights Campaign Backstory: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco Visits HRC

Washington Blade: Poetry makes connections between cultures

Passport Blog: Richard Blanco Delights Guests With a Poetry Reading at The Ritz-Carlton, Palm Beach

Miami New Times: Richard Blanco, Thurston Moore, and O, Miami Prove Miami Is a Family (Or at Least a Gang)

Maria Shriver: Killing the One You Love

Dallas Voice: Lingua franca

The Rumpus: Book Review: Looking for The Gulf Motel

NY Times Learning Network: Reading 'One Today' and Other Inaugural Poems

Passport Magazine: Equality Florida to Honor Openly Gay Obama Inauguration Poet Richard Blanco

Nabos of Bethel, ME: Poetry Power

Miami New Times: Richard Blanco on Beyoncé, Gloria Estefan, and Life After the Inauguration

HuffingtonPost.com: A Supposedly Gay-Friendly Cuban Writer Questions Richard Blanco's Manliness

Dreamies® American Poet Richard Blanco

White House Blog: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco Talks About His Inspiration

Revista de Cultura: "Un día": análisis del poema inaugural de Barack Obama

AwakeningSeedSchool.org: One Light, One Today

Bethesda.Patch.com: Inaugural Poet Richard Blanco a Familiar Face at Bethesda's Writer's Center

NationalMemo.com: Oh, Yesterday Went Suddenly

CNN Starting Point Blog: Poet Richard Blanco on making history at inauguration: It was an 'incredible honor' (video)

Wall Street Journal Blog: Why Richard Blanco's Inaugural Poem Hit Home For Gays and Struggling Poets

ips-dc.org: A "Boy Afraid of Being a Boy" as Inaugural Poet?

HuffingtonPost.com: Making a Man Out of Me by Richard Blanco

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