Myself Quote by Amanda Gorman

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

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

Whenever I listen to songs, I rewrite them in my head.

— Amanda Gorman

The oration of poetry, I consider to be its own art form and tradition.

— Amanda Gorman

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

Poetry has never been the language of barriers, it's always been the language of bridges.

— Amanda Gorman

Poetry is the lens we use to interrogate the history we stand on and the future we stand for.

— Amanda Gorman

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

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

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

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

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