A Conversation With Poet Richard Blanco

Connecticut Public Radio | By Colin McEnroe

Published January 30, 2013 at 3:46 PM EST

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Richard Blanco broke a lot of barriers in one gust of cold air this month. As the poet at the second Obama inauguration, he became the first openly gay, first immigrant, first Latino and youngest ever inaugural poet. Blanco was born in Spain to Cuban exiles.

You can see and hear him in person when he's at the Hill-Stead's Sunken Garden Poetry Festival this summer.

You can join the conversation, e-mail colin@wnpr.org or Tweet us@wnprcolin.

Colin McEnroe

Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Colin can be reached at colin@ctpublic.org.

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