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Looking for the Gulf Motel
Richard Blanco
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Description for Looking for the Gulf Motel
Paperback. Family continues to be a wellspring of inspiration and learning for Blanco. His third book of poetry, Looking for The Gulf Motel , is a genealogy of the heart, exploring how his family's emotion legacy has shaped - and continues shaping - his perspectives. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
Family continues to be a wellspring of inspiration and learning for Blanco. His third book of poetry, Looking for The Gulf Motel, is a genealogy of the heart, exploring how his family's emotional legacy has shaped—and continues shaping—his perspectives. The collection is presented in three movements, each one chronicling his understanding of a particular facet of life from childhood into adulthood. As a child born into the milieu of his Cuban exiled familia, the first movement delves into early questions of cultural identity and their evolution into his unrelenting sense of displacement and quest for the elusive meaning of home. ... Read more
Family continues to be a wellspring of inspiration and learning for Blanco. His third book of poetry, Looking for The Gulf Motel, is a genealogy of the heart, exploring how his family's emotional legacy has shaped—and continues shaping—his perspectives. The collection is presented in three movements, each one chronicling his understanding of a particular facet of life from childhood into adulthood. As a child born into the milieu of his Cuban exiled familia, the first movement delves into early questions of cultural identity and their evolution into his unrelenting sense of displacement and quest for the elusive meaning of home. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
Pittsburgh PA, United States
ISBN
9780822962014
SKU
V9780822962014
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About Richard Blanco
Richard Blanco, selected as the 2013 inaugural poet by President Barack Obama, is the author of three poetry collections: Directions to The Beach of the Dead, winner of the PEN/Beyond Margins Award; City of a Hundred Fires, winner of the Agnes Lynch Star
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