It’s about what it means to be a young person in a generation that is going to end, and is currently changing the world,” the lauded poet said of her new book.

Amanda Gorman ... during the battle against several wildfires. Gorman, the first U.S. youth national poet laureate, released a poem on social media on Sunday about the devastating wildfires ...

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Amanda Gorman, a Los Angeles native and the United States' first National Youth Poet Laureate best known for her poem "The Hill We Climb," took to social media Saturday to express her condolences ...

Poet Amanda Gorman spoke on civility and unity at the Democratic National Convention. In 2021, Gorman became the youngest poet to perform at a presidential inauguration. Photo: Elizabeth Frantz ...

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