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When Richard Blanco got the call that he'd been chosen to write a poem for President Obama's second inauguration, at first he thought it was a prank. He…
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A painter who lives in Miami and teaches at Florida International University has collaborated with inaugural poet Richard Blanco to create paintings based…
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Richard Blanco wasn't the only poet to pen a line for President Barack Obama's second inauguration. Last week, our partners at The Takeaway asked for your…
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When Richard Blanco read his inaugural poem, One Today, one of the friends cheering him from afar was South Florida painter John Bailly.Bailly and Blanco…
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Richard Blanco is home now, back in Miami after a six-year journey that launched the award-winning poet and FIU double-graduate into what was supposed to…
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Richard Blanco's inaugural poem, One Today, may have addressed the whole nation, but the details were full of South Florida. A father's hands callused by…
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Richard Blanco will likely be Florida International University's most talked-about graduate today.The 44-year-old is the youngest, first openly gay and…
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As South Florida prepares for a day of dual celebration for Inauguration Day and MLK Day, we are rounding up what is going on in the community, and what…
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From the National Mall in Washington, D.C. to Old School Square in Delray Beach, poetry class is in session.Today, 44-year-old Richard Blanco, the…
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Today, Miami poet Richard Blanco will recite the poem he has composed for President Barack Obama's swearing-in ceremony.The son of Cuban exiles, Blanco is…
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When Richard Blanco takes the stage Monday at President Barack Obama's second inauguration, the poetry community of South Florida will be paying…