In this way, more than a bildungsroman about how a young Cuban grew up to be a famous US citizen, Blanco’s memoir is an ardent testament to the monumental role of individual families and communities in the culture at large. Major Jackson, a great poet and the poetry editor for the Harvard Review, wrote about The Prince of los Cocuyos for the Los Angeles Review of Books (LARB). Check out his poem, Letter to Brooks: Spring Garden below. poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poem/177746 lareviewofbooks.org/review/family/
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