<div><br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="auto"><div dir="ltr">Sharing a shout out from the fabulous Richard Blanco on behalf of EDGAR GOMEZ. Share the love for these accolades and buy the book!<br></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;font-size:16px;font-style:normal;font-weight:400;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;text-decoration:none;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><div dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span dir="ltr" style="font-family:-apple-system,helveticaneue;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,0);border-color:rgb(0,0,0);color:rgb(0,0,0)">Winner of the Stonewall Israel-Fishman Honor Award, and the Lambda Literary Award</span></span></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div dir="auto"><a aria-label="View: Richard Blanco • Following Presidential Inaugural Poet, Keynote Speaker, Author, Village Voice WGBH, Civil Engineer, and Associate Professor" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/richardblancopoet?miniProfileUrn=urn%3Ali%3Afsd_profile%3AACoAABG-JRMB_C0-0N304_Mo17J1MNrQdmR4KLQ" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero);font-size:var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent);vertical-align:var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);text-decoration:var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none);color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)" target="_blank"><span style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero);font-size:var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent);vertical-align:var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);text-decoration:var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none)"><span><span dir="ltr"><span aria-hidden="true">Richard</span><span> Blanco</span></span></span><span><span aria-hidden="true"><span> </span></span><span>• Presidential</span></span></span><span style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero);font-size:var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent);vertical-align:var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);text-decoration:var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none)"><span aria-hidden="true"> Inaugural Poet, Keynote Speaker, Author, Village Voice WGBH, Civil Engineer, and Associate Professor</span><span>Presidential Inaugural Poet, Keynote Speaker, Author, Village Voice WGBH, Civil Engineer, and Associate Professor</span></span></a></div></div></div><div><button aria-label="Dismiss post by Richard Blanco" type="button" style="margin-bottom:0px;font-family:var(--artdeco-reset-typography-font-family-sans);background-image:none;background-position:0% 0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;background-color:var(--artdeco-button-tertiary-muted-static-background-color);border-width:medium;border-style:none;border-color:currentcolor;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9);font-size:1.4rem;min-height:2.4rem;line-height:2rem;font-weight:600;display:inline-flex;min-width:auto;max-width:480px;overflow:hidden;vertical-align:middle;height:3.2rem;width:3.2rem;padding:0px!important;border-radius:var(--corner-radius-full)!important"><u></u><u></u><u></u><u></u></button></div></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><span><span dir="ltr">Congratulations to Edgar Gomez on his powerful new book, *Alligator Tears: A Memoir in Essays.* Deeply heartfelt, Gomez plumbs what it means to survive as a gay man growing up poor in Florida realizing the scam of the American Dream. Winner of the Stonewall Israel-Fishman Honor Award, and the Lambda Literary Award, learn more about Gomez and the book via the link!<span> </span><a href="https://lnkd.in/ex4BqiUf" style="box-sizing:inherit;padding:var(--artdeco-reset-base-padding-zero);font-size:var(--artdeco-reset-base-font-size-hundred-percent);vertical-align:var(--artdeco-reset-base-vertical-align-baseline);text-decoration:var(--artdeco-reset-link-text-decoration-none);word-break:normal;line-height:inherit!important;color:rgba(0,0,0,0.9)" target="_blank">https://lnkd.in/ex4BqiUf</a></span></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div><div dir="ltr"><span><br></span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;font-style:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:11px;line-height:normal;font-family:"Savoye LET";font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-feature-settings:normal">Allison Adelle Hedge Coke</p></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div>