{"id":1307,"date":"2024-02-17T21:18:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-18T02:18:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/?page_id=1307"},"modified":"2025-04-04T15:29:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T19:29:18","slug":"event-report-richard-blanco","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/poetry\/event-report-richard-blanco\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Blanco Reading \/ January 22, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.kb-row-layout-id1307_2c9094-1d > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1307_2c9094-1d > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1307_2c9094-1d > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);row-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 2rem);padding-top:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);padding-bottom:var(--global-kb-spacing-sm, 1.5rem);grid-template-columns:repeat(2, minmax(0, 1fr));}.kb-row-layout-id1307_2c9094-1d > .kt-row-layout-overlay{opacity:0.30;}@media all and 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(max-width: 320px) 85vw, (max-width: 768px) 67vw, (max-width: 1024px) 62vw,907px\" \/><\/div><figcaption>Richard Blanco<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5 > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 1rem);}.kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;}.kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5 > .kt-inside-inner-col > .aligncenter{width:100%;}.kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5 > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{opacity:0.3;}.kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5{position:relative;}@media all and (max-width: 1024px){.kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}@media all and (max-width: 767px){.kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5 > .kt-inside-inner-col{flex-direction:column;justify-content:center;}}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-column kadence-column1307_7242b2-f5\"><div class=\"kt-inside-inner-col\"><style>.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3\"]{font-style:normal;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3 mark.kt-highlight, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3\"] mark.kt-highlight{font-style:normal;color:#f76a0c;-webkit-box-decoration-break:clone;box-decoration-break:clone;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;}.wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3 img.kb-inline-image, .wp-block-kadence-advancedheading.kt-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3[data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3\"] img.kb-inline-image{width:150px;vertical-align:baseline;}<\/style>\n<h3 class=\"kt-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3 wp-block-kadence-advancedheading\" data-kb-block=\"kb-adv-heading1307_e63e97-d3\">Event report<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>On January 22, 2009, Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco read to an audience of about 40 people in Soderberg Auditorium for the inaugural event of the Spring 2009 schedule. Steve Evans introduced the poet, who read for about 50 minutes from his two books&nbsp;<em>City of a Hundred Fires<\/em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Directions to the Beach of the Dead<\/em>. Afterward, Blanco fielded questions from audience members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the full photoset, visit our Flickr page <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/thirdfactory\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1307_8e7833-31 .kt-block-spacer{height:60px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-1307_8e7833-31 .kt-divider{border-top-width:1px;height:1px;border-top-color:#eee;width:80%;border-top-style:solid;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-1307_8e7833-31\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kb-row-layout-id1307_d75a1c-54 > .kt-row-column-wrap{align-content:start;}:where(.kb-row-layout-id1307_d75a1c-54 > .kt-row-column-wrap) > .wp-block-kadence-column{justify-content:start;}.kb-row-layout-id1307_d75a1c-54 > .kt-row-column-wrap{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-md, 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is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>from <em>City of a Hundred Fires<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mango, Number 61<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mother Picking Produce<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shaving<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Havanasis<br>Varadero en Alba<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>from&nbsp;<em>Directions to the Beach of the Dead<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re Not Going to Malta\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter of the Volcanoes: Guatemala<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Papa\u2019s Bridge<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When I Was a Little Cuban Boy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mexican Almuerzo in New England<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>untitled \u2018memoir\u2019 piece (in progress)<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<style>.kadence-column1307_8d5b0e-7d > .kt-inside-inner-col,.kadence-column1307_8d5b0e-7d > .kt-inside-inner-col:before{border-top-left-radius:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;}.kadence-column1307_8d5b0e-7d > .kt-inside-inner-col{column-gap:var(--global-kb-gap-sm, 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Do you find it is a common feeling among first generation Americans of a situation similar to yours?<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Event report On January 22, 2009, Cuban-American poet Richard Blanco read to an audience of about 40 people in Soderberg Auditorium for the inaugural event of the Spring 2009 schedule. Steve Evans introduced the poet, who read for about 50 minutes from his two books&nbsp;City of a Hundred Fires&nbsp;and&nbsp;Directions to the Beach of the Dead. 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