{"product_id":"homeland-of-my-body-isbn-9780807012970","title":"Homeland of My Body","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rich, accomplished, intensely intimate collection with 2 full sections of new poems bookending Blanco’s selections from his 5 previous volumes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e“An engineer, poet, Cuban American . . . his poetry bridges cultures and languages—a mosaic of our past, our present, and our future—reflecting a nation that is hectic, colorful, and still becoming.”—President Joe Biden, conferring the National Humanities Medal on Richard Blanco, 2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What a gift, this new gathering of poems from the singular Richard Blanco. A cause for rejoicing!”—Krista Tippett, author of \u003ci\u003eBeing Wise\u003c\/i\u003e and host of \u003ci\u003eOn Being\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Blanco’s poems are journeys to a homeland within the heart, a welcome homecoming earned from a lifetime’s wise voyaging.”—Sandra Cisneros\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A triumphant anthem to a rich life in all its ages and awakenings.”—Naomi Shihab Nye\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In this collection of over 100 poems, Richard Blanco has carefully selected poems from his previous books that represent his evolution as a writer grappling with his identity, working to find and define “home,” and bookended them with new poems that address those issues from a fresh, more mature perspective, allowing him to approach surrendering the pain and urgency of his past explorations. Pausing at this pivotal moment in mid-career, Blanco reexamines his life-long quest to find his proverbial home and all that it encompasses: love, family, identity and ultimately art itself. In the closing section of the volume, he has come to understand and internalize the idea that “home” is not one place, not one thing, and lives both inside him and inside his art.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The poems range in form, voice, and setting, showcasing his command of craft, but in essence they are one continuous reflection on the existential question at the core of all of Blanco’s poetry: how can we find our place in the world. All are characterized by his keen eye, deep sensibility, and polished craft, without pretense. This volume is a gift to Blanco’s many readers but even more to those who have yet to discover that they can understand, and fall in love with poetry, that a poet can speak to them about his own and their own lives so profoundly, and that this poet, as Barack Obama discovered, can speak for all of us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Richard Blanco has been justly celebrated for his poetic gifts and his command of the many forms poetry can take, from the finely structured to the prose poem formats. His previous volumes have been praised by Patricia Smith, Eileen Myles, Sandra Cisneros, Elizabeth Alexander, and many others. His poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, The Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, and dozens of other publications.\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRadiant Beings\u003c\/i\u003e: New Poems Part 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Splintering\u003cbr\u003e—playing god—\u003cbr\u003eWhy I Needed To\u003cbr\u003eUntil This: An Ekphrastic Ars Poetica\u003cbr\u003eQuestioning Villa Vizcaya Museum and Gardens\u003cbr\u003eRadiant Beings: Photos by Joyce Tenneson\u003cbr\u003e—anatomy of light—\u003cbr\u003eTo the Artist of the Invisible\u003cbr\u003eBig Wood River\u003cbr\u003eWhat You Didn’t Let Us Lose\u003cbr\u003eMusic in Our Hands\u003cbr\u003eVisiting Elizabeth: A \u003ci\u003eGlosa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat Governs Us\u003cbr\u003eMaine Yet Miami\u003cbr\u003eUpon a Time: Surfside, Miami\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eCity of a Hundred Fires\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAmérica\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLa Revolución\u003c\/i\u003e at Antonio’s Mercado\u003cbr\u003eMango, Number 61\u003cbr\u003eShaving\u003cbr\u003eMother Picking Produce\u003cbr\u003eThe Silver Sands\u003cbr\u003e324 Mendoza Avenue, #6\u003cbr\u003eHavanasis\u003cbr\u003eVaradero en Alba\u003cbr\u003eEl Jagua Resort\u003cbr\u003eFound Letters from 1965: \u003ci\u003eEl Año de la Agricultura\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEl Cucubano\u003cbr\u003eDécima Guajira\u003cbr\u003ePalmita Mía\u003cbr\u003ePalmita Mía\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eDirections to the Beach of the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTime as Art in the Eternal City\u003cbr\u003eA Poet in Venice\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWe’re Not Going to Malta . . .\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSomewhere to Paris\u003cbr\u003eTorsos at the Louvre\u003cbr\u003eAfter Barcelona, in Barcelona\u003cbr\u003eDirections to the Beach of the Dead\u003cbr\u003eWinter of the Volcanoes: Guatemala\u003cbr\u003eBargaining with a Goddess\u003cbr\u003eReturn from \u003ci\u003eEl Cerrado\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSilent Family Clips\u003cbr\u003ePapá’s Bridge\u003cbr\u003eWhat’s Love Got to Do?\u003cbr\u003eVisiting Metaphors at South Point\u003cbr\u003eTranslation for Mamá\u003cbr\u003eThe Perfect City Code\u003cbr\u003eWhen I Was a Little Cuban Boy\u003cbr\u003eLooking for Blackbirds, Hartford\u003cbr\u003eHow Can You Love New York?\u003cbr\u003eNo More Than This, Provincetown\u003cbr\u003eCrossing Boston Harbor\u003cbr\u003eMexican Almuerzo in New England\u003cbr\u003ewhere it begins—where it ends\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eLooking for the Gulf Motel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLooking for The Gulf Motel\u003cbr\u003eBetting on America\u003cbr\u003eTaking My Cousin’s Photo at the Statue of Liberty\u003cbr\u003eThe Island Within\u003cbr\u003ePractice Problem\u003cbr\u003eEl Florida Room\u003cbr\u003eAfternoons as Endora\u003cbr\u003eQueer Theory: According to My Grandmother\u003cbr\u003eMaybe\u003cbr\u003eThicker Than Country\u003cbr\u003eKilling Mark\u003cbr\u003eCooking with Mamá in Maine\u003cbr\u003eMy Father in My Hands\u003cbr\u003eSince Unfinished\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom \u003ci\u003eHow to Love a Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eComo Tú \/ Like You \/ Like Me\u003cbr\u003eComplaint of El Río Grande\u003cbr\u003eLeaving in the Rain: Limerick, Ireland\u003cbr\u003eIsland Body\u003cbr\u003eMatters of the Sea\u003cbr\u003eMother Country\u003cbr\u003eMy Father in English\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEl Americano\u003c\/i\u003e in the Mirror\u003cbr\u003eUsing Country in a Sentence\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Wandersong\u003cbr\u003eImaginary Exile\u003cbr\u003eLet’s Remake America Great\u003cbr\u003eUntil We Could\u003cbr\u003ebetween [another door]\u003cbr\u003eOne Pulse—One Poem\u003cbr\u003eSeventeen Funerals\u003cbr\u003eAmerica the Beautiful, Again\u003cbr\u003eWhat I Know of Country\u003cbr\u003eAnd So We All Fall Down\u003cbr\u003eDeclaration of Inter-Dependence\u003cbr\u003eCloud Anthem\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHere I Am\u003c\/i\u003e: New Poems Part 2\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUncertain-Sea Principle\u003cbr\u003eSeashore: An \u003ci\u003eOvillejo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHineni\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeather of My Weathering\u003cbr\u003eLife Without Rain\u003cbr\u003eThank You: For Not Letting Me Die\u003cbr\u003eBluejay Dialogue: An \u003ci\u003eOvillejo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Cutting\u003cbr\u003eWriting Home\u003cbr\u003eFor the Homeland of My Body\u003cbr\u003eBecome Me\u003cbr\u003eReverse Bucket List\u003cbr\u003eTime Capsule\u003cbr\u003eLiving Will\u003cbr\u003eSelf to Self\u003cbr\u003eAnti-Poem\u003cbr\u003eA Good Day to Die\u003cbr\u003eMoonrise\u003cbr\u003eSay This Isn’t the End\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eCredits\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e“Tender and introspective. . . . An exceptional mid-career snapshot of a trailblazing poet’s remarkable journey.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Accessible and sincere, Blanco’s poems may sometimes play tag with unmasked sentiment, but they are equally capable of sharp commentary and a keen engagement with contemporary American life.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Some of his narrations are strong and precise, while others are rhythmic, especially his closing poems, which employ repetition and sounds that are almost song-like. Blanco’s poems are full of life and warmth.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eAudioFile Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What a gift, this new gathering of poems from the singular Richard Blanco. A cause for rejoicing!”\u003cbr\u003e—Krista Tippett, author of \u003ci\u003eBeing Wise\u003c\/i\u003e and host of \u003ci\u003eOn Being\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Blanco’s poems are journeys to a homeland within the heart, a welcome homecoming earned from a lifetime’s wise voyaging.”\u003cbr\u003e—Sandra Cisneros\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Richard Blanco’s \u003ci\u003eHomeland of My Body\u003c\/i\u003e is a triumphant anthem to a rich life in all its ages and awakenings. ‘What should I do? \/ Every thing.’ These stunning new poems, astonishing in their generosity, cradle so many long-loved ones, that a full, new world is created—not broken into parts at all, but wholly realized, and utterly moving.”\u003cbr\u003e—Naomi Shihab Nye\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A masterful poet who is clear-eyed and full of heart, Blanco explores the country’s haunted past while offering a bright hope for the future.”\u003cbr\u003e—Ada Limón\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“What I love about Blanco’s work is the lustiness of the poems; they have bodies, there’s such sensuality to the language, such flexibility to the line; and they display such delight in form, an unapologetic love for the world. He has become a poet who sings for all of us with the inclusivity and passion of a Whitman and the particularity and absorption in the quotidian of a William Carlos Williams, the street smarts of a Langston Hughes, the oratorical grandness of an MLK.”\u003cbr\u003e—Julia Alvarez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“There is a uniting oneness to these passionate and remarkable poems, each finely wrought line a bridge from one heart to another, a love song of this burdened earth and all its flawed inhabitants. Richard Blanco is this century’s Walt Whitman.”\u003cbr\u003e—Andre Dubus III\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Richard Blanco writes about the elusive poundingness of love.”\u003cbr\u003e—Eileen Myles\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“In these times of hate, we need poets who speak of love.”\u003cbr\u003e—Martín Espada\u003cb\u003eRichard Blanco\u003c\/b\u003e is the recent recipient of the \u003cb\u003eNational Humanities Medal\u003c\/b\u003e. He has received awards for several of his books, including the poetry collections \u003ci\u003eHow To Love a County\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLooking for The Gulf Motel\u003c\/i\u003e, and memoirs \u003ci\u003eFor All of Us, One Today\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Prince of Los Cocuyos: A Miami Childhood\u003c\/i\u003e. He was selected by Barack Obama as the 5th presidential inaugural poet in US history. He was named as the American Academy of Poets first-ever education ambassador. Connect with him online: richard-blanco.com, Twitter (rblancopoet), Facebook (RichardBlancoPoetry), and Instagram (poetrichardblanco).","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46299839332581,"sku":"NP9780807012970","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807012970.jpg?v=1767729172","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/homeland-of-my-body-isbn-9780807012970","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}