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More About My Story: Made in Cuba, assembled in Spain, imported to the USA
It’s said that every poet is writing one poem all their life. Figuratively speaking, this means that a poet’s body of work keeps circling around some kind of central obsession.
My obsession comes down to one word—home—and all that big word calls to mind with respect to family, community, cultural identity, sexuality, and much more.
Biography of blanco richard love poem
It’s an obsession that began before I was even born. Let me explain. As I like to say, I was made in Cuba, assembled in Spain, and imported to the United States—meaning my mother, seven months pregnant with me, and the rest of my family arrived as exiles from Cuba to Madrid, where I was born.
Less than two months later, we emigrated once more to New York City. Only a few weeks old, I already belonged to three countries, a foreshadowing of the concerns of place and belonging that would shape my life and work. Eventually, we settled in Miami, where I was