Richard Blanco’s Gay Latino Poet Survival Kit

The first immigrant and the first openly gay man to be the inaugural poet, the Cuban-born author talks about exile, his new memoir, and the forces that formed him.

William O’Connor 

Former Travel Editor

Published Oct. 8 2014 5:45AM EDT 

William O’Connor

Former Travel Editor

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