Who Is Amanda Gorman, President Joe Biden's Inauguration Poet?
Amanda Gorman is the 22-year-old youth poet laureate who will recite an original poem, "The Hill We Climb," at Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20.
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Amanda Gorman is the 22-year-old youth poet laureate who will recite an original poem, "The Hill We Climb," at Joe Biden's inauguration on January 20.
By Jason Breslow | NPR When Amanda Gorman was asked to write a poem for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration on Wednesday, she didn't know where to begin. The nation has just been through a bitter election. Americans are as divided as ever. And the pandemic continues to rage. "It was really daunting to begin the poem because you don't even really know the entry point in which to step into the murk," she said in an interview Monday with NPR's Steve Inskeep. Gorman started by doing the same thing she always does — doing her research. She steeped herself in the literature of past inaugural...
Amanda Gorman was about halfway through writing the poem that she'll deliver at President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration next week when she watched in horror the deadly siege on the US Capitol.