How to love a country : poems by Blanco, Richard 

Paperback(Beacon Press, 2019)

BTSB #: 124373 Available

Dewey: 811/NAges: 14-18   


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Subjects: American poetry|y21st century America - History - Poetry

Summary: The diverse poems in this collection form a mosaic of varied topics: the Pulse Nightclub massacre; an unexpected encounter on a visit to Cuba; the forced exile of 8,500 Navajos in 1868; the arrival of a young Chinese woman at Angel Island in 1938; the incarceration of a gifted writer; and the poet's abiding love for his partner, who he is finally allowed to wed. But despite each poem's unique subject matter or occasion, all are fundamentally asking one question: how to love this country?