INAUGURAL POET RICHARD BLANCO
1h 29m
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Literary Affairs presents Beyond the Book
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We ended our conversation last April hoping for another inaugural poet to speak to our nation and we were gifted with that and more. In celebration we are releasing our private America’s Food Fund fundraising event, with inaugural poet Richard Blanco in conversation with Julie Robinson, talking all things poetry and inclusive of poetry readings by Blanco.
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