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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.
The United World College-USA student will represent New Mexico for the second time in two years at the Poetry Out Loud ...
The Obama White House, the National Civil Rights Museum and Little Rock Central High School: all have hosted bronze statues ...
Borough of Manhattan Community College (BMCC) student Stephanie Pacheco, the 2024-25 National Youth Poet Laureate, has ...
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." ...
“I went to a historically Black church and I feel like it’s always an occasion to go to church as an African American,” says ...
Brooklyn Bookstore Crawl returns April 19-26, inviting bookworms on a literary journey through as many as 26 independent bookstores across the ...
Past award-winners have included Timothée Chalamet (2013), Amanda Gorman (2015), and Hunter Schafer ... Per Arison, the performance “featured tap, harp, poetry, jazz, classical piano, and ...
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The O’Gorman baseball team picked up a double header sweep Tuesday night over Brandon Valley. The Knights used a fast start in game one. They’d build a 5-0 lead ...
Maya Angelou is the second poet in history to read a poem during a presidential inauguration; Robert Frost was the first ...
joining notable figures such as Amanda Gorman. Gorman, the first laureate named in 2017, gained recognition in 2021 after delivering her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration. The ...
Andrew “Andy” J. Gorman, Jr., 78, of New Freedom passed away peacefully Sunday, April 6, 2025. He was the husband of the late Elizabeth “Laura” Gorman to whom he was married 45 years.