Description

A poignant hilarious and inspiring memoir from the first Latino and gay Presidential Inaugural Poet which explores his comingofage as the child of Cuban immigrants and his attempts to understand his place in America while grappling with his burgeoning artistic and sexual identities

Richard Blancos childhood and adolescence were experienced between two imaginary worlds his parents nostalgic world of 1950s Cuba and his imagined America the country he saw on reruns of The Brady Bunch and Leave it to Beaveran exotic life he yearned for as much as he yearned to see la patria

A prismatic and lyrical narrative rich with the colors sounds smells and textures of Miami Richard Blancos personal narrative is a resonant account of how he discovered his authentic self and ultimately a deeper understanding of what it means to be American His is a singular yet universal story that beautifully illuminates the experience of becoming how we are shaped by experiences memories and our complex stories the humor love yearning and tenderness that define a life