Looking for The Gulf Motel

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"Looking for The Gulf Motel" is a poetry collection by Richard Blanco that reflects on memory, family, identity, and the Cuban American experience through lyrical, narrative-driven poems.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
about Catholic upbringing
Cuban diaspora
Latino identity in the United States
gay coming-of-age
author Richard Blanco NERFINISHED
countryOfPublication United States of America
surface form: United States
focusesOn Cuban exile community in the United States NERFINISHED
bicultural identity
intergenerational family relationships
working-class immigrant life
genre lyric poetry
narrative poetry
poetry
hasForm free verse
narrative sequence
hasTitlePoem Looking for The Gulf Motel NERFINISHED
isInBibliographyOf Richard Blanco NERFINISHED
language English
literaryMovement Cuban American literature
Latinx literature
contemporary American poetry
mainTheme Cuban American experience
assimilation
cultural memory
exile
family
identity
immigration
memory
nostalgia
queer identity
sexuality
notableWorkOf Richard Blanco NERFINISHED
setting Florida NERFINISHED
Gulf Coast of Florida NERFINISHED
styleCharacteristic autobiographical elements
lyrical voice
narrative-driven poems
reflection on childhood
reflection on place and landscape
vivid imagery

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Richard Blanco work Looking for The Gulf Motel