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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Looking for The Gulf Motel canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Looking for The Gulf Motel Context triple: [Richard Blanco, work, Looking for The Gulf Motel]
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A.
Home Motel
"Home Motel" is a track featured on the album *Teatro* by Willie Nelson.
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B.
New West Motel
New West Motel is an alternative country/rock album by the Seattle-based band The Walkabouts, noted for its atmospheric, Americana-infused sound.
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C.
The Hotel
The Hotel is a conceptual art project by French artist Sophie Calle in which she worked as a chambermaid to secretly observe and document hotel guests, blending photography, text, and voyeuristic narrative.
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D.
Desert Room
Desert Room is an arid-themed exhibit space within Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens that showcases desert plants such as cacti and succulents in a controlled indoor environment.
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E.
Cozy Cone Motel
Cozy Cone Motel is a whimsical, cone-themed lodging location in Disney California Adventure Park’s Cars Land, modeled after the motel from Pixar’s Cars film.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Looking for The Gulf Motel Target entity description: "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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A.
Home Motel
"Home Motel" is a track featured on the album *Teatro* by Willie Nelson.
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B.
New West Motel
New West Motel is an alternative country/rock album by the Seattle-based band The Walkabouts, noted for its atmospheric, Americana-infused sound.
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C.
The Hotel
The Hotel is a conceptual art project by French artist Sophie Calle in which she worked as a chambermaid to secretly observe and document hotel guests, blending photography, text, and voyeuristic narrative.
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D.
Desert Room
Desert Room is an arid-themed exhibit space within Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens that showcases desert plants such as cacti and succulents in a controlled indoor environment.
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E.
Cozy Cone Motel
Cozy Cone Motel is a whimsical, cone-themed lodging location in Disney California Adventure Park’s Cars Land, modeled after the motel from Pixar’s Cars film.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| about |
Catholic upbringing
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Cuban diaspora ⓘ Latino identity in the United States ⓘ gay coming-of-age ⓘ |
| author | Richard Blanco ⓘ |
| countryOfPublication |
United States
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linked to:
United States of America
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| focusesOn |
Cuban exile community in the United States
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linked to:
Cuban Americans
bicultural identity ⓘ intergenerational family relationships ⓘ working-class immigrant life ⓘ |
| genre |
lyric poetry
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narrative poetry ⓘ poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm |
free verse
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narrative sequence ⓘ |
| hasTitlePoem | Looking for The Gulf Motel ⓘ |
| isInBibliographyOf | Richard Blanco ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement |
Cuban American literature
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Latinx literature ⓘ contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
Cuban American experience
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assimilation ⓘ cultural memory ⓘ exile ⓘ family ⓘ identity ⓘ immigration ⓘ memory ⓘ nostalgia ⓘ queer identity ⓘ sexuality ⓘ |
| notableWorkOf | Richard Blanco ⓘ |
| setting |
Florida
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Gulf Coast of Florida ⓘ
linked to:
Florida Gulf Coast
|
| styleCharacteristic |
autobiographical elements
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lyrical voice ⓘ narrative-driven poems ⓘ reflection on childhood ⓘ reflection on place and landscape ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
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Subject: Looking for The Gulf Motel Description of subject: "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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