Call us what we carry, poems, Amanda Gorman
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Call us what we carry, poems, Amanda Gorman
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-223)
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illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
poetry
Main title
Call us what we carry
Nature of contents
bibliography
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1285603443
Responsibility statement
Amanda Gorman
Sub title
poems
Summary
The presidential inaugural poet--and unforgettable new voice in American poetry--presents a collection of poems that includes the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United StatesGorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, her poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become a messenger from the past, our voice for the future. The final poem in the book is The hill we climb, which was read at President Joseph Biden's 2021 inauguration. -- adapted from jacket and perusal of book
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adult
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