Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
AMANDA GORMANPoetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
AMANDA GORMANWhen you have to teach yourself how to say sounds, when you have to be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you a certain awareness of sonics, of the auditory experience.
AMANDA GORMANIf a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
AMANDA GORMANIt wasn’t until I was named Youth Poet Laureate of L.A. in high school though that I officially began calling myself a poet. I just always loved writing, period.
AMANDA GORMANWe’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.
AMANDA GORMANMy Instagram doesn’t cover my insecurities, my lack of self-confidence, that week I spent crying, there’s a question of whether I should be sharing that online.
AMANDA GORMANI think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch.
AMANDA GORMANYour daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
AMANDA GORMANI am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.
AMANDA GORMANSee the line where the sky meets the sea.
AMANDA GORMANGive us the ballot, and we will no longer have to worry the federal government about our basic rights.
AMANDA GORMANWhenever I listen to songs, I rewrite them in my head.
AMANDA GORMANWhat contributed to my writing early on is how my mom encouraged it. She kept the TV off because she wanted my siblings and I to be engaged and active. So we made forts, put on plays, musicals, and I wrote like crazy.
AMANDA GORMANI close my eyes and I am with this army of young women standing in a line and I imagine us walking forward together.
AMANDA GORMANWe know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
AMANDA GORMANThe fight isn’t over – it’s just begun. It’s time to suit up for a battle that might determine the war.
AMANDA GORMAN