As a public poet, people often don’t see the reality of my life.
AMANDA GORMANWhat’s really funny about being National Youth Poet Laureate is that not everyone even knows it exists.
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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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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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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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What a day. What a life. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you
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Your daily challenge to not be like a boss, but the boss, in all things you.
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No matter how you say it, the hill we climb is a hill we climb together.
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Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for.
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I try to approach reading in front of millions of people as I would reading in somebody’s living room.
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It 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.
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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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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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It was so incredible meeting Lady Gaga. I mean I’m gaga for Gaga, literally. We kind of just each flew to each other like magnets after the ceremony ended and we were both just crying and hugging.
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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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When they tell you to go back to where you come from, tell them proudly that this is where you come from.
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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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