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The Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress, commonly referred to as the United States Poet Laureate, serves as the official poet of the United States. During their term, the poet laureate seeks to raise the national consciousness to a greater appreciation of the reading and writing of poetry. The position was modeled on ...
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.
The current poet laureate of Alabama is Ashley M. Jones. Alabama has had an official poet laureate since 1930. The Alabama Writer's Cooperative (formerly the Alabama Writers' Conclave), described as "a voluntary organization of Alabama historians, playwrights, fiction writers, poets, and newspaper writers" first recommended in 1930 Samuel Minturn Peck to Governor Bibb Graves.
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.
President Joe Biden presented trailblazing Tulsan and Native American poet, performer and writer Joy Harjo with the National Humanities Medal at a ceremony Monday.. The first Native American and ...
Other inaugural poets have included Maya Angelou and Robert Frost, though none of Gorman’s predecessors faced a national moment quite like our current turbulent times, amid a devastating global ...
Ada Limón (born March 28, 1976) is an American poet. [1] On July 12, 2022, she was named the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States by the Librarian of Congress. [2] [3] [4] This made her the first Latina to be Poet Laureate of the United States. [5]
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