Undeniably, there were two highlights from the Kamala Harris-Joe Biden inauguration day: Senator Bernie Sander’s mittens and Amanda Gorman’s poem The Hill We Climb. With her poem, she encapsulated the fractured times we are living in at the same withholding hope for a better future. Gorman, 22, became the youngest to read out a poem at a Presidential inauguration. She was raved and spoken about long after the event was over.
Her surging popularity has trickled into the sales of her books as well. On January 20, the young poet shared that her books topped on Amazon. “I AM ON THE FLOOR MY BOOKS ARE #1 & #2 ON AMAZON AFTER 1 DAY! Thank you so much to everyone for supporting me and my words. As Yeats put it: “For words alone are certain good: Sing, then” she wrote.
I AM ON THE FLOOR MY BOOKS ARE #1 & #2 ON AMAZON AFTER 1 DAY! Thank you so much to everyone for supporting me and my words. As Yeats put it: "For words alone are certain good: Sing, then"
— Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman) January 20, 2021
So humbled by everyone's support! If you'd like to read more of my words, you can pre-order my first ever poetry collection, The Hill We Climb, here! @penguinrandom https://t.co/vNSo3WFpuf
— Amanda Gorman (@TheAmandaGorman) January 20, 2021
Gorman’s trajectory has been impressive as well as inspirational. She suffered from a speech impediment but never let it come in her way, and at the age of 16, was named the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles.
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