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The Prince of Los Cocuyos is a memoir by Richard Blanco - Barack Obama’s inaugural poet - that examines immigrants and cultural immersion in America as well as nostalgia for one’s native land. As Blanco recounts his pursuit to reconcile his Cuban heritage with his American upbringing, he traces the process by which he comes to understand and accept his identity as an artist and a gay man.

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