{"id":11192,"date":"2021-03-07T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2021-03-07T19:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mlecharbinger.wordpress.com\/?p=11192"},"modified":"2021-03-07T14:56:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T19:56:10","slug":"amanda-gorman-a-force-to-be-reckoned-with","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mlecharbinger.org\/?p=11192","title":{"rendered":"Amanda Gorman: A Force To Be Reckoned With"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Jaylyn Gonzalez<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Modified From Our February Newsletter.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

At just 22-years-old, Amanda Gorman, an American poet and activist, has suddenly risen to fame for her heart-stringing words as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9e who advocates for topics like feminism, race, and marginalization. Today, she turns 23 years of age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early 2017, Gorman spoke to New York Times and said, \u201cI want to create poems that stand the test of time and counter the fragmented news culture of today.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gorman did just that as on January 20th, 2021, she stood on a stage where over 33.8 million people watched her live performing \u201cThe Hill We Climb,\u201d and became the youngest inaugural poet to step stage on a Presidential Inauguration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world was moved by her speech as she inspired hope and a sense of purpose at a moment when Americans are suffering from a pandemic and political violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This inauguration allowed for her name to be globally recognized and gain much greater traction over her past, present, and future groundbreaking work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cPoetry is typically the touchstone that we go back to when we have to remind ourselves of the history that we stand on, and the future that we stand for,\u201d said Gorman to the New York Times following her on-stage performance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, even before January 20th, 2021, Amanda Gorman was already a well-established poet and recognized by several legendary figures like the Obamas, Oprah, and the Clintons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 2017, Gorman was even appointed the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate by Urban Word\u2014a program that supports Youth Poets Laureate in more than 60 cities, regions, and states nationally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 The following year, she published her first poetry collection, \u201cThe One for Whom Food Is Not Enough.\u201d Continuing her publishing journey, in September, Viking Books for Young Readers will release her debut poetry collection, \u201cThe Hill We Climb,\u201d which is aimed at teenage and adult readers and will include the inaugural poem. Her debut picture book, \u201cChange Sings,\u201d with illustrations by Loren Long, also comes out on the same day. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

She\u2019s a trailblazer who is inspired to make a change. She\u2019s a poet who set the world on fire. She\u2019s now known as the latest inspiring young artist of this renaissance. There\u2019s no doubt that we will be seeing more of her in the coming years. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Jaylyn Gonzalez Modified From Our February Newsletter. At just 22-years-old, Amanda Gorman, an American poet and activist, has suddenly risen to fame for her heart-stringing words as a prot\u00e9g\u00e9e who advocates for topics like feminism, race, and marginalization. Today, she turns 23 years of age. In early 2017, Gorman spoke to New York Times…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11196,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,6,23,11],"tags":[180,265,280,928,4481],"class_list":["post-11192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articles","category-features","category-national","category-news","tag-activist","tag-amanda-gorman","tag-american-poet","tag-commemorative-piece","tag-womens-history-month"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t