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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]
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. She rose to fame in 2021 for writing and delivering her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of Joe Biden.
Read the full transcript of Amanda Korman's original poem, "The Hill We Climb," read at President Joe Biden's inauguration.
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 ...
Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman summoned images dire and triumphant Wednesday as she called out to the world “even as we grieved, we grew." ... the youngest by far of the poets who have read at ...
The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States took place on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. It was the 59th inauguration and marked the commencement of Joe Biden's only term as president and Kamala Harris' only term as vice president.
Amanda Gorman, 22, the nation's youngest inaugural poet, captivated the nation with her poem, "The Hill We Climb." Force, poise and clarity: 22-year-old poet laureate shines at Biden's ...
There were many historic moments marking the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, including American poet Amanda Gorman reciting her poem. Gorman is ...