I think we run into issues when our online brands are not rooted in who we are, and I think we need… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
When you have to teach yourself how to say sounds, when you have to be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
As a young black woman, I notice at times in the mainstream media framing of the 'me too' movement you see a white female… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
I think we run into issues when our online brands are not rooted in who we are, and I think we need to have… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition. — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
My speech impediment wasn't a stutter but it was dropping several letters that I just could not say for several years, most specifically the… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it's always been the language of bridges. — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for. — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
It's this weird binary where I'm getting media images and narratives thrown at me all the time through something I hold in my hand,… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
I'm a student at Harvard University, and currently work as the United States Youth Poet Laureate, a community organizer, and an activist. — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
I grew up at this incredibly odd intersection in Los Angeles, where it felt like the black 'hood met black elegance met white gentrification… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
I think it made me all that much stronger of a writer when you have to teach yourself how to say words from scratch. — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
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… — Amanda Gorman Copy Share Image
