{"product_id":"city-of-a-hundred-fires-9780822956839","title":"City of a Hundred Fires","description":"Named one of \u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal's\u003c\/i\u003e Top 20 Poetry Books of 1998 Winner of the 1997 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize Runner up for the Great Lakes Colleges Association 1999 New Writers Award \u003ci\u003eCity of a Hundred Fires\u003c\/i\u003e presents us with a journey through the cultural coming of age experiences of the hyphenated Cuban-American. This distinct group, known as the ? Generation (as coined by Bill Teck), are the bilingual children of Cuban exiles nourished by two cultural currents--the fragmented traditions and transferred nostalgia of their parents' Caribbean homeland and the very real and present America where they grew up and live.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard Blanco\u003c\/b\u003e was selected as the 2013 inaugural poet by 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\u003eLooking for The Gulf Motel\u003c\/i\u003e. 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Pittsburgh Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50503941587218,"sku":"9780822956839","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_444f49f4-747e-4e53-aba5-01130b3f150c.jpg?v=1730805432","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/city-of-a-hundred-fires-9780822956839","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}