Maybe you have seen or heard the Inaugural Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman’s poem from the 2021 inauguration, or maybe, you love sports as much as you do books and saw Gorman read at the Super Bowl. Let those last two words sink in. Super Bowl. Then, add POET and watch your heart fill with joy at that equation. For many reasons, we could not all be at the inauguration. But you can now have a keepsake with this beautiful, rich, and deeply moving poem in your very hands. A poem to start and end each of our days. To quote Gorman, “For there is always light."
Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. She is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality, and gender justice. Amanda’s activism and poetry have been featured on The Today Show, PBS Kids, and CBS This Morning, and in The New York Times, Vogue, Essence, and O, The Oprah Magazine. In 2017, Urban Word named her the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States. After graduating cum laude from Harvard University, she now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles. The special edition of her inaugural poem, “The Hill We Climb,” will be published in March 2021. Her debut picture book, Change Sings, and the breakout poetry collection The Hill We Climb and Other Poems will be published in September 2021.