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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.
In her speech at the Democratic National Convention, Gorman highlighted, the true meaning of freedom. The Democratic National Committee convention is in Chicago from Monday, Aug. 19 to Thursday ...
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 Gorman responds to her inaugural poem "The Hill We Climb" being banned from a Miami Lakes elementary schools, "So they ban my book from young readers, confuse me with Oprah . . ."
Cuban hero Jose Martí, celebrated in Miami-Dade schools, shared the same social and political concerns in his writings as the censored Amanda Gorman poem, says Fabiola Santiago.
Amanda Gorman, 22, reads her inaugural poem “The Hill We Climb” during the 2021 Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris at the U.S. Capitol.
Amanda Gorman performed her new spoken-word poem titled "This Sacred Scene" at the Democratic National Convention. Read the full text here.
Poet Amanda Gorman captivated the nation at Joe Biden's inauguration. On Wednesday night, she returned to the political stage.