This poetry reading, which begins at 7 pm, features poet and teacher Richard Blanco, who immigrated to Miami from Madrid when he was an infant. In 2013, he became the first immigrant, first Latino, first openly gay person, and youngest person to serve as an inaugural poet, with this reading of "One Today."

Blanco received a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in creative writing from Florida International University. Since then, he has published three collections of poetry, as well as individual poems in a variety of literary journals.

A reception with Blanco begins at 6 pm, before the reading.

This event is held as part of the One City, One Book program.