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For the poet and author, a winning agenda includes bookstore shopping, a stroll along the Santa Monica Pier and ...
WHYY’s Jennifer Lynn and Susan Phillips explore the beauty of nature through poetry, featuring iconic poets like Amanda Gorman, Walt Whitman and Allen Ginsberg.
Maya Angelou is the second poet in history to read a poem during a presidential inauguration; Robert Frost was the first ...
Growing up in Westchester, Amanda Gorman’s Sundays were ... as an African American,” says 27-year-old Gorman, who became the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history in 2021.
From the column: "Amanda Gorman, who inspired the nation at the inauguration of President Joe Biden just a little over four years ago, spoke with poignant prescience." ...
Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl returns April 19-26, inviting bookworms on a literary journey through as many as 26 independent bookstores across the ...
Presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman celebrates girls and girlhood through powerful, flowing prose and bright illustrations in "Girls on the Rise." A sample: "Who are we? We are a billion ...