@poetrichardblanco.bsky.social
5th Presidential Inaugural Poet for President Barack Obama | Memoirist, Speaker, Professor đź“šRecent: HOMELAND OF MY BODY (@beaconpress, 2023)
@ysl.bsky.socialReposted by @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social"Love is the touchstone of a true or a false spirituality." —Anne Carson
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialThis month’s Free Poetry Resources are here! Check out my site to download the poetry broadside, writing prompt, reading recommendations & explore resources for teachers & educators. You'll also find details about my upcoming craft tutorial, What Makes a Poem Memorable? richard-blanco.com.
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialProud of my friend, and a fierce advocate for the goodness of our shared humanity. Congratulations on this stellar review, Yahia! I’m not surprised—there’s so much more to come.
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialThe next Craft Tutorial is here! Join me for a two-part virtual workshop exploring what makes a poem memorable—from image, language, & line breaks, to voice, metaphor & structure. Read closely, discuss & put discoveries into practice as you revise your own work. richard-blanco.com/workshops/
@ysl.bsky.socialReposted by @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social“The only reliable form of time travel is living.” — George Murray
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialThis Thursday, October 1, I’ll make my debut as a poet-engineer at Purdue University. I’ll read a selection of work exploring poetry, engineering, identity & belonging. 📍 Purdue University · 1136 Lynn 📅 October 1 · ⏰ 7 p.m. Books will be available for purchase & signing after the reading!
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialOfficial Release Day! 🎧 I’m thrilled to share Nothing Here I Don’t Remember, featuring three musical interpretations of my poem “Looking for The Gulf Motel.” Grateful to Poetronica Records for giving it new sonic life.
Listen: poetronicarecords.com/richard-blanco
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialTwo pieces about my new chapter at Purdue. Both explore connections between poetry, engineering & the humanities.
Poet-engineer Richard Blanco strengthens interdisciplinary connections as new poetry professor
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Poet-engineer Richard Blanco calls Purdue “home”
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@beaconpress.bsky.socialReposted by @poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialHappy #PublicationDay, Joseph Margulies!🎊
CAST OUT makes us truly see those society locks away and challenges us to recognize the humanity we all share. “This is a wonderfully hopeful book about what it means to be human.” — @sisterhelen.org
@readalittlepoem.bsky.socialReposted by @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social“Twenty years on, / I could’ve said something, / anything—” — Hayan Charara . . . This poem appeared in These Trees, Those Leaves, This Flower, That Fruit by Hayan Charara, published by Milkweed Editions, 2022. Shared here with deep gratitude.
@natallman.bsky.socialReposted by @poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialThe inaugural Miami-Dade Public Library System Poetry Contest for Teens is open for submissions, and @poetrichardblanco.bsky.social, Caridad Moro-Gronlier and I can’t wait to read your sonnets! (With special thanks to @booksandbooks.bsky.social for supplying the prizes.)
@ysl.bsky.socialReposted by @poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialThe well-prepared heart has hope during adversity and fear during prosperity... show spirit even on the worst days, and, likewise, fold up your sails if they are swelling just now under too fortunate a breeze. —Erica McAlpine
@penamerica.bsky.socialReposted by @poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialIn @isabel.kim’s debut novel, Sublimation (Macmillan, 2026), immigration divides the self — literally. In a new PEN Ten interview, Kim tells us about how she came up with the idea for her novel and the sense of “alienated intimacy” she wants it to bestow on readers: pen.org/isabel-j-kim...
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialGrateful to be part of the Texas Tribune Festival in Austin, Sept. 24–26! I’ll join Kate Hamill, Sony Q. Ton-Aime, and Matt Ewalt on Sept. 25 for “The American Story,” a conversation about how American identity is lived, imagined, and contested through literature. Tickets: trib.it/tribfest26-speaker
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialConsider this my monthly gift to you, with hopes of broadening—or at least supporting—the reach of poetry. Whether you're an educator, a writer, a poet, a lover of poetry, or simply “poetically curious,” I hope you'll find something here that speaks to you. richard-blanco.com/workshops/
@beaconpress.bsky.socialReposted by @poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialAnd today marks the 29th anniversary of Viktor E. Frankl’s passing. MAN’S SEARCH FOR MEANING continues to help generations of readers overcome hardship and adversity with its life-affirming vision. buff.ly/iA9jLgP
@poetrichardblanco.bsky.socialAn unexpected backyard visitor while relaxing at home in Maine. A welcome reminder that wildness still exists around us.
