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Richard Blanco

Massachusetts, United States


Richard Blanco is the youngest, first Latino, gay person to serve as Presidential Inaugural Poet. Author of two memoirs and five poetry books & awards from U. of Pittsburgh, PEN, Paterson Prize, & Lambda Literary. He is Education Ambassador for the Academy of American Poets & Miami Poet Laureate.

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