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Jan 19, 2021 · Amanda Gorman recited her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration. Mr. President, Dr. Biden, Madam Vice President, Mr. Emhoff, Americans and the world.
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- Alexandra Alter
Dec 6, 2021 · When Amanda Gorman read her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the 2021 U.S. Presidential Inauguration, she became both the inheritor of a long tradition and a herald of something new.
Jan 22, 2021 · We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us.
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- Liesl Schillinger
Jan 21, 2021 · The sun came out intermittently at President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s inauguration in Washington on Wednesday, but Amanda Gorman was her own source of illumination. With her canary-yellow Prada ...
Amanda Gorman was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. She graduated from Harvard University in 2020. Gorman is the author of the The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country (Viking Books for Young Readers, March 2021), the poetry collection The Hill We Climb (Viking, September 2021) and The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough (Penmanship Books, 2015).
At age 22, Amanda Gorman is heralded as "the next great figure in American poetry." Born and raised in Los Angeles, she is a graduate of Harvard University and was at the top of her class studying sociology. Since publishing a poetry collection at age 16, her writing won her invitations to the Obama White House and to perform for Lin-Manuel ...
Jan 20, 2021 · Amanda Gorman made history Wednesday when she became the youngest inaugural poet during President Joe Biden's swearing-in ceremony in Washington.
