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LA native and former poet laureate Amanda Gorman pens touching poem for hometown
Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...
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Watch the first-ever U.S. youth poet laureate perform a stunning poem about social change
This summer, 19-year-old Amanda Gorman sat down to outline her priorities. As the very first U.S. youth poet laureate, a position she earned for her literary talent as well as her record of ...
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Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman Promotes Unity: ‘We Are One Family’
Amanda Gorman, the former National Youth Poet Laureate who gained attention when she read at President Biden’s 2021 inauguration, offered a new poem Wednesday at the Democratic National Convention.
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L.A. Times Festival of Books lineup features Chelsea Handler, Stacey Abrams, Amanda Gorman, Jon M. Chu and more
Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, politician Stacey Abrams and poet Amanda Gorman. Scheduled for April 26 and 27, the annual literary festival brings more than 550 storytellers to ...