Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar: A Poem Commemorating a New Era in US-Cuba Relations

Blanco, Richard

ISBN 10: 0822964007 / ISBN 13: 9780822964001

Published by University of Pittsburgh Press (edition Bilingual), 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar: A Poem Commemorating a New Era in US-Cuba Relations
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press (edition Bilingual)
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0822964007
• ISBN 13: 9780822964001
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Bilingual.
• Condition: Very Good

About this title

Synopsis

Matters of the Sea / Cosas del mar is a commemorative bilingual chapbook that beautifully reproduces Richard Blanco's stirring poem presented during the historic reopening ceremony of the United States Embassy in Havana, Cuba, on August 14, 2015."Matters of the Sea is one of the most emotionally complex and personal poems I've ever written, invested with all my love for the people of two countries that are part of my very being. As with the presidential inauguration in 2013, I am once again humbled and honored to participate as a poet in another historic moment of such significance. I'm elated by the power of poetry to mark such important, communal moments and to be a catalyst for change and understanding by reaching deep into our emotional selves and connecting us to our shared humanity."―Richard Blanco

About the Author

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 Starrett Poetry Prize, and Looking for The Gulf Motel. Exploring themes of Latino identity and place, his poems have appeared in Best American Poetry 2000 and Best American Prose Poems and have been featured on NPR. Blanco is a fellow of the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, recipient of two Florida Artist Fellowships, and has taught at Georgetown and American universities. A builder of cities and poems, Blanco is also a professional civil engineer.