What poem did Amanda Gorman read at the inauguration?

The Hill We Climb, in January 2021.

Where is Amanda Gorman from?

Los Angeles, where she was raised by her mother, a teacher.

What is the National Youth Poet Laureate?

A national honor for a young poet. Amanda Gorman was the first, in 2017.

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Amanda Gorman

Poet, first National Youth Poet Laureate · b. 1998

BORN: 1998
ERA: 2017 to Present
KNOWN FOR: Poet, first National Youth Poet Laureate

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Amanda Gorman, born in Los Angeles in 1998, became the first National Youth Poet Laureate in 2017. She read The Hill We Climb at the January 2021 presidential inauguration, the youngest inaugural poet in American history.

Born in Los Angeles in 1998 and raised by her mother, a teacher. Worked through a speech impediment by reading and reciting poems out loud.

THE HILL WE CLIMB

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First National Youth Poet Laureate (2017)

Youngest inaugural poet in American history (2021)

The Hill We Climb, a number one bestseller

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What poem did Amanda Gorman read at the inauguration?: The Hill We Climb, in January 2021.
Where is Amanda Gorman from?: Los Angeles, where she was raised by her mother, a teacher.
What is the National Youth Poet Laureate?: A national honor for a young poet. Amanda Gorman was the first, in 2017.

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In 2017 she became the first National Youth Poet Laureate. In January 2021 she read The Hill We Climb at the presidential inauguration, the youngest inaugural poet in American history, and the poem became a book that topped the bestseller lists.

A POET FOR THE PUBLIC

She writes for the stage as much as the page, poems meant to be heard in a room. Los Angeles raised her, and she carries it.