We know. We believe. And we act, because it is our civic duty.
AMANDA GORMANI try to approach reading in front of millions of people as I would reading in somebody’s living room.
More Amanda Gorman Quotes
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As 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 born early, along with my twin, and a lot of times, for infants, that can lead to learning delays.
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No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.
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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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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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I am the daughter of Black writers who are descended from Freedom Fighters who broke their chains and changed the world. They call me.
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You don’t have to be a poet, you don’t have to be a politician or be in the White House to make an impact with your words. We all have this capacity to find solutions for the future.
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Poetry and language are often at the heartbeat of movements for change.
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What’s really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists.
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Let each dawn find us courageous, brought closer, heeding the lights before the fight is over.
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Writing wasn’t just a form of expression. It was a form of pathology by embarking on spoken word over and over and over again and reciting my poems.
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Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it’s always been the language of bridges.
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That’s kind of the challenging thing about writing an inaugural poem. You’re speaking to everyone, but you don’t also want to speak for everyone.
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What 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.
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