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Gorman, the 22-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate, commanded the spotlight during her passionate reading on Inauguration Day. Author: Tony Black Updated: 5:28 PM PST January 21, 2021
For six minutes on Wednesday at President Joe Biden’s Inauguration, all eyes were on Amanda Gorman. The 22-year-old National Youth Poet Laureate combined a message of hope and promise as she read, even as we grieved, we grew.
In less than a day, Gorman gained more than a million social media followers.
“The fact that she s actually dominating my feed on LinkedIn, that we re not even talking about Twitter or Facebook, but LinkedIn, the professional network, tells you how much she s resonated with people across the spectrum,” said Hanson Hosein from the University of Washington’s Communication Leadership said.