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Read the full transcript of Amanda Korman's original poem, "The Hill We Climb," read at President Joe Biden's inauguration.
Gorman in 2017. Amanda Gorman is an American poet from Los Angeles, California.In 2017, aged 19, she was named the first National Youth Poet Laureate. [2] On January 14, 2021, the Inaugural Committee, which was organizing the inauguration of Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., announced that Gorman would be giving a poetry reading at the event on January 20. [3]
Amanda S. C. Gorman [1] (born March 7, 1998) [2] is an American poet, activist, and model. Her work focuses on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora. Gorman was the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate. She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015.
When Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman stepped up to the microphone at the inauguration of Joe Biden, she put the country under her spell for a full six minutes. The poem stirred emotions ...
But there was something extra special about watching Gorman address the nation from that podium, in her own words, "a skinny black girl descended from slaves" who dreamed of "becoming president ...
Amanda Gorman, 22, became the youngest poet to participate in a presidential inauguration on Jan. 20, 2021, at the inaugural ceremony for Joe Biden.
Wordsmith Amanda Gorman became the youngest inaugural poet in American history when she recited her work “The Hill We Climb” during Wednesday’s scaled-down inauguration at the Capitol. Like ...
Gorman is by far the youngest of poets who have read at presidential inaugurations. The 22-year-old recited her poem "The Hill We Climb," which continued the president's theme of national unity.