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Amanda Gorman

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.
Girls on the Rise
For There Is Always Light
Call Us What We Carry
Something, Someday
Algo, algún día
La canción del cambio
Change Sings
The Hill We Climb

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Girls on the Rise
For There Is Always Light
Call Us What We Carry
Something, Someday
Algo, algún día
La canción del cambio
Change Sings
The Hill We Climb

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