I did a lot of sitting back and thinking about what I wanted for myself and what I wanted for my country: more unity, more support for the arts and more opportunities for young writers from marginalized groups.
AMANDA GORMANAs a young black woman, I notice at times in the mainstream media framing of the ‘me too’ movement you see a white female face or a white male face, and that type of questioning and interrogation needs to happen.
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I was writing since I can remember – I just didn’t know it was poetry yet, or that writing could be a career.
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But as for the future, I foresee a world which is more creative, more open, more loving, more ecologically friendly, more honest about its history and progress, and I think a lot of those contributions will be made by young people.
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I love Black poets. I love that as a Black girl, I get to participate in that legacy. So that’s Yusef Komunyakaa, Sonia Sanchez, Tracy K. Smith, Phillis Wheatley.
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Truth is to act out of the best of ourselves.
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I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch.
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I have to interweave my poetry with purpose. For me, that purpose is to help people, and to shed a light on issues that have far too long been in the darkness.
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My mom wanted to make sure I was prepared to grow up with Black skin in America.
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We know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
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One of my delays was in speech and speech pronunciation, and also the auditory processing issue just means I really struggle as an auditory learner.
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One of the most rewarding moments of my career is when I’m speaking to a child who tells me they have the same speech impediment that I had to overcome and that they’re going to keep writing or sharing their voice after hearing my story.
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Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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The fight isn’t over – it’s just begun. It’s time to suit up for a battle that might determine the war.
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If a woman doesn’t give herself permission, who will?
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We’ve learned that quiet isn’t always peace and the norms and notions of what just is, isn’t always justice.
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Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.
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