Amanda Gorman solidified her place as a literary force ... “I understood that book bans were happening, but this hit me so incredibly hard—not just because it was something I had written ...
A Florida school has banned four books for elementary students after one parent objected to the titles and argued they were inappropriate. One of them was a collection of poems by Amanda Gorman ...
Amanda Gorman made her voice heard in January 2021 ... Four years later, she’s helping children find their voice with her new picture book, “Girls on the Rise.” With illustrations from ...
(JTA) – Months before a Miami-area mother persuaded a local school to restrict access to an Amanda Gorman poem ... the school to restrict children’s books about the Black poet Langston ...
Chu, comedian Chelsea Handler, exoneree Amanda Knox ... As a part of the Ideas Exchange speaker series, Gorman will discuss her picture book “Girls on the Rise.” The poet and activist ...
Poet Amanda Gorman, who recently made waves with ... Following the swearing-in ceremony, three upcoming books by Gorman - The Hill We Climb: Poems and Change Sings: A Children's Anthem, both ...
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 ...
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.
LOS ANGELES — The L.A. Times Festival of Books is back and it's celebrating ... politician Stacey Abrams and poet Amanda Gorman.