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Looking For The Gulf Motel (2012)

by Richard Blanco(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0822962012 (ISBN13: 9780822962014)

languge

English

genre

Poetry

publisher

University of Pittsburgh Press

review 1: Beautifully sensitive and compelling volume of poetry about life's cycles: beginnings, growing, learning, disappointments, endings and then the inevitable transition into the next life. Unbelievably relatable and lyrically beautiful. I liked the title poem: Looking for the Gulf Motel, The Island Within, House of the Virgin Mary, Remembering What Tia Noelia Can't, Bones, Teeth and Burning in the Rain.
review 2: Pure identity poems - good thing "Mr. White" has an interesting identity! He's a gay Cuban American and this collection delves into all aspects of his ethnicity, sexuality, and manhood. It's a fascinating journey, but one is left wondering where he ended up - how comfortable can we be once we've distilled down the elements of our identity? I wish I knew... more myself as well as Blanco seems to, so confidently exposing all the contrarian behaviors and broken stereotypes. Admirable, but not particularly clever. I love the poem about his grandmother, "I've seen you..." she says, and criticizes his unmanly habits. She's almost cute in her generational homophobia. less

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