Richard Blanco Reads Elizabeth Bishop

Richard Blanco joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Questions of Travel (newyorker.com/magazine/1956/01/21/questions-of…),” by Elizabeth Bishop, and his own poem, “My Father in English (newyorker.com/magazine/2019/02/11/my-father-in…).” Blanco is the author of two memoirs and four poetry collections, including “How to Love a Country (amazon.com/dp/0807043079)” and “Homeland of My Body (amazon.com/dp/0807016438).” He is the recipient of several honors, including a National Humanities Medal, a Lambda Literary Award, a Paterson Poetry Prize, and a Thom Gunn Award for Gay Poetry. He was selected by President Barack Obama as the fifth inaugural poet in United States history, and was named as the first-ever American Academy of Poets education ambassador.

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