Dinah Berland didn’t just cry, she screamed.
“Oh my goodness, I was just thrilled,” Berland, a Jewish poet and author who has been a mentor to the young poet laureate. “I knew she would rise to the occasion, because of who she is.”
Berland started working with Gorman, who is now 22, six years ago. She has seen an already-gifted girl grow, through hard work and focused ambition, into the young woman who commanded the national spotlight and will be in it once again on Sunday when she is scheduled to recite a poem at the Superbowl pre-game show.
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An ICU RN is injected with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the UCI Medical Center in Orange on Wednesday December 16. Chava Sanchez/LAist
Here s a sentence sure to raise your heart rate: if the current pace of local COVID-19 vaccinations continues, it ll likely take until June to innoculate all Californians 65 and older. Reminder: it is January.
That s the estimate from state health officials. State epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan explains: In a huge state of 40 million people, we re only getting about 400-500,000 doses a week. So it s gonna take us. anywhere from 20 to 22 weeks to actually get through just [those] 65 years of age and older.
Vaccine Distribution
Updated
Published
January 21, 2021 4:20 PM
An ICU RN is injected with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the UCI Medical Center in Orange on Wednesday December 16. Chava Sanchez/LAist
Here s a sentence sure to raise your heart rate: if the current pace of local COVID-19 vaccinations continues, it ll likely take until June to innoculate all Californians 65 and older. Reminder: it is January.
That s the estimate from state health officials. State epidemiologist Dr. Erica Pan explains: In a huge state of 40 million people, we re only getting about 400-500,000 doses a week. So it s gonna take us. anywhere from 20 to 22 weeks to actually get through just [those] 65 years of age and older.
On the steps of the Capitol, the young poet embodied the potential
of art in civic spaces.
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Los Angeles poet Amanda Gorman reads her poem “The Hill We Climb” during the presidential inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Jan. 20, 2021. (Patrick Semansky/AP/Pool)
Imagine getting invited to read a poem on live television in a lineup featuring Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Garth Brooks and, also, the new president and vice president of the United States. Imagine being the least known and by far the youngest person on the program. Imagine taking the stage wearing a coat of pure sunshine and a gold ring in the form of a caged bird singing. Now: steal the show.