Richard Blanco's poem for President Obama's second inauguration, "One Today," just came out as a children's book, with illustrations by Captain Underpants creator DavPilkey (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers).
Blanco is a poet and a civil engineer and says in the right brain/left brain equation, he uses both sides in equal measure. He recently spent some time with us talking about his own childhood.
On Saturday, Nov. 21 Richard Blanco will be at the Miami Book Fair talking about bridges to and from Cuba (Blanco is the son of Cuban immigrants) and presenting the new book.
