Complex sentence: He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read for Barack Obama's second inauguration, ironic considering that he is openly proud of having been named after Richard Nixon, which he declares in his memoir The Prince of Cocuyos.
Split into simpler sentences: He is the fifth poet to read at a United States presidential inauguration, having read for Barack Obama's second inauguration. Coincidentally, he is openly proud of having been named after Richard Nixon, which he declares in his memoir The Prince of Cocuyos.