{"product_id":"looking-for-the-gulf-motel-paperback","title":"Looking for the Gulf Motel - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard Blanco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamily continues to be a wellspring of inspiration and learning for Blanco. His third book of poetry, \u003ci\u003eLooking for The Gulf Motel, \u003c\/i\u003e is a genealogy of the heart, exploring how his family's emotion legacy has shaped--and continues shaping--his perspectives. The collection is presented in three movements, each one chronicling his understanding of a particular facet of life from childhood into adulthood. As a child born into the milieu of his Cuban exiled familia, the first movement delves into early questions of cultural identity and their evolution into his unrelenting sense of displacement and quest for the elusive meaning of home. The second, begins with poems peering back into family again, examining the blurred lines of gender, the frailty of his father-son relationship, and the intersection of his cultural and sexual identities as a Cuban-American gay man living in rural Maine. In the last movement, poems focused on his mother's life shaped by exile, his father's death, and the passing of a generation of relatives, all provide lessons about his own impermanence in the world and the permanence of loss. \u003ci\u003eLooking for the Gulf Motel\u003c\/i\u003e is looking for the beauty of that which we cannot hold onto, be it country, family, or love.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Blanco\u003c\/b\u003e was selected as the 2013 inaugural poet for President Barack Obama. He is the author of two other poetry collections: \u003ci\u003eDirections to The Beach of the Dead, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the PEN\/Beyond Margins Award; and \u003ci\u003eCity of a Hundred Fires, \u003c\/i\u003e winner of the Agnes Lynch Starrett Poetry Prize. Exploring themes of Latino identity and place, Blanco's poems have appeared in \u003ci\u003eBest American Poetry 2000\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBest American Prose Poems\u003c\/i\u003e and have been featured on NPR. He is a fellow of the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, recipient of two Florida Artist Fellowships, and has taught at Georgetown and American universities. A builder of cities and poems, Blanco is also a professional civil engineer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.3 x 7.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lambda Literary Awards (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Triangle Awards (2013)\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51761276846368,"sku":"9780822962014","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c43c80afe1459af5e4599d788e5420aa.webp?v=1780203028","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/looking-for-the-gulf-motel-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}