Amanda Gorman Brought Poetry to Light

Amanda Gorman reads her poem “The Hill We Climb” at the inauguration of President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

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Amanda made history for herself and for the value of poetry...

Her piece, titled “The Hill We Climb,” called for unity and justice, through both reckoning with the nation’s past and looking toward its future.

The former sociology concentrator is the U.S.’s first youth poet laureate. At 22 years old, she is also the youngest to present the inaugural reading, following in the footsteps of Maya Angelou, Robert Frost, and Elizabeth Alexander.

Here’s a link to the Harvard Gazette article, her written poem, and the video of her reciting it: https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/01/amanda-gormans-inauguration-poem-the-hill-we-climb/