Meet 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history
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The 22-year-old Los Angeles resident and daughter of a school teacher began writing at an early age in an attempt to cope with a speech impediment. Her writing practice took off, and at age 14, she joined WriteGirl, an LA-based nonprofit that helps teen girls discover the power of their voice through creative writing. Gorman credits the support of the group for allowing her to chase her dreams as a writer, reports CBS Los Angeles.
By age 16, she was named the Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and a few years later while studying sociology at Harvard, she became the first National Youth Poet Laureate.
It’s not easy stealing the spotlight when you’re sharing the stage with the likes of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama (to say.
Amanda Gorman emoziona con la sua poesia rap: a Capitol Hill è nata una stella
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Sui gradini del Capitol di Washington oggi è nata una stella:
Amanda Gorman, giovanissima afro-americana di Los Angeles, ha catturato in versi lo storico momento della transizione dalla presidenza di Donald Trump a quella di Joe Biden emozionando vip della politica e decine di milioni di spettatori a casa. Echi di «Hamilton» e suggestioni rap hanno punteggiato la lettura di «The Hill We Climb», la composizione finita dopo le violenze degli ultrà trumpiani del 6 gennaio in Campidoglio.
Chi è Amanda Gorman
A 22 anni la Gorman è la più giovane poetessa che abbia recitato durante una cerimonia dell insediamento presidenziale oltre a vantare il titolo di National Youth Poet Laureate, una sorta di Nobel per giovani scrittori americani. Con la performance di oggi, Amanda è entrata in un ristretto club di poeti intervenuti in chiusura delle ce
US inauguration: Amanda Gorman captures the moment, in verse
20 Jan, 2021 05:56 PM
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US inauguration: Amanda Gorman captures the moment, in verse. Video / AP
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By: Alexandra Alter
The youngest inaugural poet in US history read a work she finished after the riot at the Capitol. I m not going to in any way gloss over what we ve seen, she said. About two weeks ago, poet Amanda Gorman was struggling to finish a new work titled The Hill We Climb. She was feeling exhausted, and she worried she wasn t up to the monumental task she faced: composing a poem about national unity to recite at President-elect Joe Biden s inauguration.