Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. She is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality, and gender justice. Amanda’s activism and poetry have been featured on
The Today Show, PBS Kids, and
CBS This Morning, and in the
New York Times, Vogue, Essence, and
O, The Oprah Magazine. In 2017, Urban Word named her the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States. After graduating cum laude from Harvard University, she now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles. The special edition of her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” was published in March 2021 and debuted at #1 on the
New York Times, USA Today, and
Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. Her debut picture book,
Change Sings, will be published in September 2021. Please visit
theamandagorman.com.
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