Amanda Gorman

Born in Los Angeles, California,{{Cite news|last=Coke|first=Hope|date=January 21, 2021|title=Meet Amanda Gorman: The gifted young poet who shot to fame after her starring role in Biden's inauguration|work=Tatler|url=https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration-poet|url-status=live|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130194635/https://www.tatler.com/article/who-is-amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration-poet|archive-date=January 30, 2021}} Gorman was raised by her single mother, Dr. Joan Wicks, a 6th-grade English teacher in Watts,Multiple sources:

• {{Cite news|last=Ballard|first=Elise|date=January 27, 2021|title=Amanda Gorman Was Mentored by a "Positive Community of Women Writers" Before Her Inaugural Moment|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amanda-gorman-was-mentored-by-a-positive-community-of-women-writers-before-her-inaugural-moment|url-status=live|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128161016/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/amanda-gorman-was-mentored-by-a-positive-community-of-women-writers-before-her-inaugural-moment|archive-date=January 28, 2021}} with her two siblings.{{Cite news|last=Hassan|first=Adeel|date=February 28, 2018|title=A Young Poet's Inspiration|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/a-young-poets-inspiration.html|url-status=live|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430120116/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/a-young-poets-inspiration.html|archive-date=April 30, 2018|issn=0362-4331}}Multiple sources:
• {{Cite web|url=https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=114508|title=Meet the First Youth Poet Laureate|website=NBC Learn|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=June 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200618224611/https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/flatview?cuecard=114508|url-status=dead}}
• {{cite web|url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/9/18/youth-poet/|title=Harvard Sophomore Chosen as First Youth Poet Laureate {{!}} News {{!}} The Harvard Crimson|first=Caroline S.|last=Engelmayer|date=September 18, 2017|website=www.thecrimson.com|language=en|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=December 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171225223513/http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2017/9/18/youth-poet/|url-status=live}}
• {{Cite news|url=http://www.lataco.com/meet-amanda-gorman-the-l-a-native-who-is-the-first-national-youth-poet-laureate/|title=Meet Amanda Gorman, the L.A. Native Who Is the First National Youth Poet Laureate|author=Astrid|date=March 22, 2018|work=L.A. TACO|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=August 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180829120916/http://www.lataco.com/meet-amanda-gorman-the-l-a-native-who-is-the-first-national-youth-poet-laureate/|url-status=live}} Her twin sister, Gabrielle, is an activist{{Cite news|url=https://www.bustle.com/p/rise-up-as-one-video-featuring-poet-amanda-gorman-filmmaker-gabrielle-gorman-shows-how-powerful-resistance-can-be-when-its-intersectional-exclusive-7945545|title=These Twin Sisters Have A Powerful Message About Making Sure Your Resistance Includes All Women|last=Rodriguez-Cayro|first=Kyli|magazine=Bustle|date=January 18, 2018|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220225640/https://www.bustle.com/p/rise-up-as-one-video-featuring-poet-amanda-gorman-filmmaker-gabrielle-gorman-shows-how-powerful-resistance-can-be-when-its-intersectional-exclusive-7945545|url-status=live}} and filmmaker.Multiple sources:
• {{cite magazine |last1=Luders-Manuel |first1=Shannon |title=Meet Gabrielle Gorman: Filmmaker and YoungArts Winner |url=https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/meet-gabrielle-gorman-filmmaker-and-youngarts-winner/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |magazine=Essence |date=April 19, 2016 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128231930/https://www.essence.com/lifestyle/meet-gabrielle-gorman-filmmaker-and-youngarts-winner/ |url-status=live }}
• {{cite news |last1=Larsen |first1=Peter |title=Los Angeles native Amanda Gorman will be youngest poet to read at presidential inauguration |url=https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/15/los-angeles-native-amanda-gorman-will-be-youngest-poet-to-read-at-presidential-inauguration/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Orange County Register |date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121011814/https://www.ocregister.com/2021/01/15/los-angeles-native-amanda-gorman-will-be-youngest-poet-to-read-at-presidential-inauguration/ |url-status=live }} Gorman has said she grew up in an environment with limited television access.{{Cite news|url=https://www.glamour.com/story/americas-first-youth-poet-laureate-amanda-gorman-on-the-power-of-young-women|title=America's First Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman on the Power of Young Women|last=Hawkins|first=Khaliha|magazine=Glamour|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018|language=en|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220225702/https://www.glamour.com/story/americas-first-youth-poet-laureate-amanda-gorman-on-the-power-of-young-women|url-status=live}} She has described her young self as a "weird child" who enjoyed reading and writing and was encouraged by her mother.

Gorman has an auditory processing disorder and is hypersensitive to sound. She also had a speech impediment during childhood.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/amanda-gorman/poetrys-relevance-to-yout_b_6000384.html|title=How Poetry Gave Me a Voice|last=Gorman|first=Amanda|date=November 21, 2014|website=Huffington Post|language=en-US|access-date=June 29, 2018|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120435/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poetrys-relevance-to-yout_b_6000384|url-status=live}}{{cite news |last1=Breslow |first1=Jason |title='History Has Its Eyes On Us.' Poet Amanda Gorman Seeks Right Words For Inauguration |url=https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2021/01/19/958077401/history-has-its-eyes-on-us-poet-amanda-gorman-seeks-right-words-for-inauguration |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=Morning Edition |publisher=NPR |date=January 19, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121000817/https://www.npr.org/sections/biden-transition-updates/2021/01/19/958077401/history-has-its-eyes-on-us-poet-amanda-gorman-seeks-right-words-for-inauguration |url-status=live }} Gorman participated in speech therapy during her childhood and Elida Kocharian of The Harvard Crimson wrote in 2018, "Gorman doesn't view her speech impediment as a crutch—rather, she sees it as a gift and a strength."{{cite news |last1=Kocharian |first1=Elida |title=American Lyricist |url=https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/1/amanda-gorman-scrutling/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Harvard Crimson |date=February 1, 2018 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121005245/https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/2/1/amanda-gorman-scrutling/ |url-status=live }} Gorman told The Harvard Gazette in 2018, "I always saw it as a strength because since I was experiencing these obstacles in terms of my auditory and vocal skills, I became really good at reading and writing. I realised that at a young age when I was reciting the Marianne Deborah Williamson quote that 'Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure' to my mom."{{cite news |last1=Walsh |first1=Colleen |title=The poetic perspective |url=https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/10/youth-poet-laureate-amanda-gorman-delivers-poem-at-harvard-presidents-inauguration/ |access-date=January 22, 2021 |work=The Harvard Gazette |date=October 4, 2018 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121231233/https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/10/youth-poet-laureate-amanda-gorman-delivers-poem-at-harvard-presidents-inauguration/ |url-status=live }} In 2021, Gorman told CBS This Morning co-host Anthony Mason that she used songs as a form of speech therapy, and explained, "My favorite thing to practice was the song 'Aaron Burr, Sir,' from Hamilton because it is jam-packed with R's. And I said, 'if I can keep up with Leslie in this track, then I am on my way to being able to say this R in a poem."{{cite news |title=Amanda Gorman makes history as youngest known inaugural poet |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poet-the-hill-we-climb/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=CBS News |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225174052/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poet-the-hill-we-climb/ |url-status=live }}

Gorman attended New Roads, a private school in Santa Monica, for grades K–12.{{cite web |title=16 Alumna and US Youth Poet Laureate Presents Poem at Library of Congress |url=https://www.newroads.org/news-story?pk=948670 |website=Newroads.org |date=September 14, 2017 |access-date=January 15, 2021 |archive-date=March 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120448/https://www.newroads.org/news-story?pk=948670 |url-status=live }} As a senior, she received a Milken Family Foundation college scholarship.{{Cite news|date=July 14, 2016|title=Santa Monica students win Milken scholarships|language=en-US|newspaper=Santa Monica Daily Press|url=https://www.smdp.com/santa-monica-students-win-milken-scholarships/156246|first=Jeff|last=Goodman|access-date=July 14, 2016|archive-date=July 15, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160715150854/http://smdp.com/santa-monica-students-win-milken-scholarships/156246|url-status=live}} She studied sociology at Harvard College,{{Cite web|last=Flood|first=Alison|date=January 19, 2021|title=Amanda Gorman will be youngest poet to recite at a presidential inauguration|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/19/amanda-gorman-youngest-poet-to-recite-at-a-presidential-inauguration-joe-biden|access-date=January 19, 2021|website=The Guardian|language=en|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120505/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/19/amanda-gorman-youngest-poet-to-recite-at-a-presidential-inauguration-joe-biden|url-status=live}} graduating cum laude in 2020{{cite web|url=https://www.theamandagorman.com/|title=Wordsmith. Change-maker|website=Amanda Gorman|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120456/https://www.theamandagorman.com/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amanda-gorman|title=Amanda Gorman|website=Poetry Foundation|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=April 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428122458/https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amanda-gorman|url-status=live}} as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.{{cite web |title=Phi Beta Kappa Member Amanda Gorman |url=https://www.pbk.org/News/Amanda-Gorman-reads-her-poem-The-Hill-We-Climb-a |website=The Phi Beta Kappa Society |access-date=January 31, 2021 |archive-date=February 6, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206102923/https://www.pbk.org/News/Amanda-Gorman-reads-her-poem-The-Hill-We-Climb-a |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Fernanda Baron and Amanda Gorman Elected to Senior PBK May 2020 |url=https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/news/fernanda-baron-and-amanda-gorman-elected-senior-pbk |website=Department of Sociology |publisher=Harvard University |access-date=January 31, 2021 |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=February 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205194138/https://sociology.fas.harvard.edu/news/fernanda-baron-and-amanda-gorman-elected-senior-pbk |url-status=live }} In 2019, Gorman spent a semester studying in Madrid, Spain,{{cite web|url=https://observer.com/2019/04/amanda-gorman-youth-poet-laureate-future-projects-women-in-the-world-summit/|title=The First Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman Wants You to Know Her Work Goes Beyond Words|last=Radin|first=Sara|website=Observer.com|date=April 9, 2019|access-date=March 16, 2019|archive-date=October 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030135418/https://observer.com/2019/04/amanda-gorman-youth-poet-laureate-future-projects-women-in-the-world-summit/|url-status=live}} supported by IES Abroad.{{cite web|url=https://www.iesabroad.org/news/ies-abroad-madrid-alum-amanda-gorman-shares-her-study-abroad-story#sthash.p2UBfdPB.z7UUGb64.dpbs|title=IES Abroad Madrid Alum Amanda Gorman Shares Her Study Abroad Story|website=IES Abroad|date=January 22, 2021|access-date=March 16, 2021|archive-date=March 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303123809/https://www.iesabroad.org/news/ies-abroad-madrid-alum-amanda-gorman-shares-her-study-abroad-story#sthash.p2UBfdPB.z7UUGb64.dpbs|url-status=live}}

Gorman's art and activism focus on issues of oppression, feminism, race and marginalization, as well as the African diaspora.{{Cite news|date=February 28, 2018|title=A Coda to Black History Month|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/a-coda-to-black-history-month.html|first=Adeel|last=Hassan|access-date=April 30, 2018|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430120334/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/28/us/a-coda-to-black-history-month.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://mashable.com/2017/09/17/amanda-gorman-us-youth-poet-laureate-social-good/#.oPOIRaENiqO|title=Watch the first-ever U.S. youth poet laureate perform a stunning poem about social change|last=Petronzio|first=Matt|website=Mashable|date=September 17, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en|archive-date=February 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210220225640/https://mashable.com/2017/09/17/amanda-gorman-us-youth-poet-laureate-social-good/#.oPOIRaENiqO|url-status=live}} She has said she was inspired to become a youth delegate for the United Nations in 2013 after watching a speech by Pakistani Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai.{{Cite news|date=November 3, 2017|title=How Amanda Gorman Became the Nation's First Youth Poet Laureate|first=Alex|last=Hawgood|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/style/amanda-gorman-first-youth-poet-laureate.html|access-date=April 30, 2018|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120213144/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/style/amanda-gorman-first-youth-poet-laureate.html|url-status=live}} Gorman was chosen as the first youth poet laureate of Los Angeles in 2014.{{Cite news|date=April 24, 2015|title=Mentoring the Next Generation of L.A. Letters|language=en|work=KCET|url=https://www.kcet.org/history-society/mentoring-the-next-generation-of-la-letters|first=Mike|last=Sonksen|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430120258/https://www.kcet.org/history-society/mentoring-the-next-generation-of-la-letters|url-status=live}} In 2014 it was reported that Gorman was "editing the first draft of a novel the 16‑year‑old has been writing over the last two years."{{Cite news|last=Thomson|first=Hilary|date=May 27, 2014|title=Writes of Passage|work=Trek|publisher=University of British Columbia|url=https://trekmagazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2014/may-2014/features/writes-of-passage/|url-status=live|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200603203444/https://trekmagazine.alumni.ubc.ca/2014/may-2014/features/writes-of-passage/|archive-date=June 3, 2020}} She published the poetry book The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough in 2015.{{Cite news|title=A young poet for whom words are not enough|first=Sophia|last=Eppolito|newspaper=The Boston Globe|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2017/09/21/young-poet-for-whom-words-are-not-enough/o54NK48fpuThupPFTzahII/story.html|date=September 21, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181159/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2017/09/21/young-poet-for-whom-words-are-not-enough/o54NK48fpuThupPFTzahII/story.html|url-status=dead}}

In 2016, Gorman founded the nonprofit organization One Pen One Page, a youth writing and leadership program.{{cite news |last1=Gilpin |first1=Caroline Crosson |title=Do You Read or Write Poetry? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/learning/do-you-read-or-write-poetry.html |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=November 7, 2017 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128155017/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/07/learning/do-you-read-or-write-poetry.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/gender-letter-all-the-poetry-thats-fit-to-print.html|title=Gender Letter: All the Poetry That's Fit to Print|first=Jessica|last=Bennett|author-link=Jessica Bennett (journalist)|date=April 26, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430120144/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/gender-letter-all-the-poetry-thats-fit-to-print.html|url-status=live}} In 2017, she became the first author to be featured on XQ Institute's Book of the Month, a monthly giveaway to share inspiring Gen Z's favorite books. She wrote a tribute for black athletes for Nike{{cite web|last=Italie|first=Hillel|title=Meet Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet chosen to read at the inauguration of Joe Biden|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-inauguration-ceremony-poet-youngest-in-memory-20210115-d5pu65eygra6lhagutnrevvpuu-story.html|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|website=baltimoresun.com|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120506/https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation-world/ct-inauguration-ceremony-poet-youngest-in-memory-20210115-d5pu65eygra6lhagutnrevvpuu-story.html|url-status=live}} and has a book deal with Viking Children's Books to write two children's picture books.{{Cite magazine|title=Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, Will Read at Biden's Inauguration|first=Hillel|last=Italie|url=https://time.com/5930015/poet-amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210115065759/https://time.com/5930015/poet-amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 15, 2021 |date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|magazine=Time}}{{cite news|title=Poet and former Youth Laureate Amanda Gorman has book deal|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2019/07/11/poet-and-former-youth-laureate-amanda-gorman-has-book-deal/kZ1VkcCmLLLCvBt0UwzGqK/story.html|date=July 11, 2019|access-date=January 17, 2021|newspaper=The Boston Globe|agency=Associated Press|language=en-US|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121043805/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/names/2019/07/11/poet-and-former-youth-laureate-amanda-gorman-has-book-deal/kZ1VkcCmLLLCvBt0UwzGqK/story.html|url-status=live}}

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In 2017, Gorman became the first youth poet to open the literary season for the Library of Congress, and she has read her poetry on MTV.{{Cite news|title=Harvard's Amanda Gorman first youth poet to open Library of Congress literary season|newspaper=The Boston Globe|first=Sophia|last=Eppolito|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2017/09/18/harvard-amanda-gorman-first-youth-poet-open-library-congress-literary-season/IXhK2LBt7NHYSkTXpDSqcL/story.html|date=September 18, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2018|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430181236/https://www.bostonglobe.com/lifestyle/2017/09/18/harvard-amanda-gorman-first-youth-poet-open-library-congress-literary-season/IXhK2LBt7NHYSkTXpDSqcL/story.html|url-status=dead}} She wrote "In This Place: An American Lyric" for her September 2017 performance at the Library of Congress, which commemorated the inauguration of Tracy K. Smith as Poet Laureate of the United States. The Morgan Library and Museum acquired her poem "In This Place (An American Lyric)" and displayed it in 2018 near works by Elizabeth Bishop.

While at Harvard, Gorman became the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate in April 2017. She was chosen from five finalists.{{Cite news|last=Charles|first=Ron|date=September 14, 2017|title=New U.S. Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith reports for duty|language=en-US|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/new-us-poet-laureate-tracy-k-smith-reports-for-duty/2017/09/14/9f14b014-9950-11e7-87fc-c3f7ee4035c9_story.html|access-date=April 30, 2018|issn=0190-8286|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430114821/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/new-us-poet-laureate-tracy-k-smith-reports-for-duty/2017/09/14/9f14b014-9950-11e7-87fc-c3f7ee4035c9_story.html|url-status=live}} In 2017, Gorman won a $10,000 grant from media company OZY in the annual OZY Genius Awards through which 10 college students are given "the opportunity to pursue their outstanding ideas and envisioned innovations".{{Cite web|date=December 1, 2017|title=How a Young Poet Is Nurturing Empathy ... With Virtual Reality|first=Nick|last=Fouriezos|url=https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/how-a-young-poet-is-nurturing-empathy-with-virtual-reality/77355/|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=OZY|archive-date=April 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210430062438/https://www.ozy.com/true-and-stories/how-a-young-poet-is-nurturing-empathy-with-virtual-reality/77355/|url-status=dead}}

In 2017, Gorman said she intends to run for president in 2036,{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.essence.com/culture/first-youth-poet-laureate-Amanda-Gorman-president|title=America's First Youth Poet Laureate Also Wants to Run For President In 2036!|magazine=Essence|first=Paula|last=Rego|date=November 4, 2017|access-date=April 30, 2018|language=en|archive-date=April 30, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180430115056/https://www.essence.com/culture/first-youth-poet-laureate-Amanda-Gorman-president|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/americas-20-year-old-youth-poet-laureate-wont-let-small-minded-prejudice-stop-215752247.html|title=America's 20-year-old youth poet laureate won't let 'small-minded prejudice' stop her|first=Elena|last=Sheppard|website=Yahoo!|date=May 29, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=June 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180629050150/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/americas-20-year-old-youth-poet-laureate-wont-let-small-minded-prejudice-stop-215752247.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|first=Julia|last=Barajas|date=January 17, 2021|title=How a 22-year-old L.A. native became Biden's inauguration poet|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-01-17/amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration-poet|access-date=January 22, 2021|work=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US|archive-date=May 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210521211300/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-01-17/amanda-gorman-biden-inauguration-poet|url-status=live}} and she has subsequently often repeated this hope.{{cite news|url=https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/20/lifestyle/we-will-never-again-sow-division-harvard-graduate-amanda-gorman-delivers-inaugural-poem/|title=Amid presidents and pop stars, poet Amanda Gorman grabs the spotlight at inauguration|newspaper=The Boston Globe|first=Hanna|last=Krueger|author2=Diti Kohli|date=January 10, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2021|quote=She plans on taking the oath of office herself. 'I always say the really, really long-term goal, meaning 2036, is to become president,' Gorman said in a 2017 interview with the Globe after being named the first National Youth Poet Laureate. She has repeated the hope in interviews ever since.|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120180524/https://www.bostonglobe.com/2021/01/20/lifestyle/we-will-never-again-sow-division-harvard-graduate-amanda-gorman-delivers-inaugural-poem/|url-status=live}} On being selected as one of Glamour magazine's 2018 "College Women of the Year", she said: "Seeing the ways that I as a young black woman can inspire people is something I want to continue in politics. I don't want to just speak works; I want to turn them into realities and actions."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.glamour.com/gallery/meet-glamours-2018-college-women-of-the-year|title=Meet Glamour{{'}}s 2018 College Women of the Year|first=Jessica|last=Militare|magazine=Glamour|date=June 4, 2018|access-date=January 27, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319210840/https://www.glamour.com/gallery/meet-glamours-2018-college-women-of-the-year|url-status=live}} After she read her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021, Hillary Clinton tweeted her support for Gorman's 2036 aspiration.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55738564|title=Amanda Gorman: Inauguration poet calls for 'unity and togetherness'|work=BBC News|author=|date=January 10, 2021|access-date=January 11, 2021|quote=Hillary Clinton tweeted that Gorman had promised to run for president in 2036 and added: 'I for one can't wait.'|archive-date=January 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121010950/https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-55738564|url-status=live}}

In 2019, Gorman was chosen as one of The Root magazine's "Young Futurists", an annual list of "the 25 best and brightest young African-Americans who excel in the fields of social justice and activism, arts and culture, enterprise and corporate innovation, science and technology and green innovation".{{cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/2019-young-futurists-for-these-25-game-changers-the-f-1833243246|title=2019 Young Futurists: For These 25 Game Changers, the Future Is Now|website=The Root|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205074347/https://www.theroot.com/2019-young-futurists-for-these-25-game-changers-the-f-1833243246|url-status=live}} She expressed support for abortion rights and Roe v. Wade in a 2019 NowThis News video which included a pro-choice poem.{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Sarah |title=We Heart: Amanda Gorman's Eight Reasons to Stand Up Against Abortion Bans |url=https://msmagazine.com/2021/01/29/we-heart-amanda-gormans-eight-reasons-to-stand-up-against-abortion-bans/ |access-date=27 June 2022 |work=Ms. |date=January 29, 2021 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629130745/https://msmagazine.com/2021/01/29/we-heart-amanda-gormans-eight-reasons-to-stand-up-against-abortion-bans/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|last=Jones|first=Kevin|date=January 27, 2021|title=Amanda Gorman, inaugural poet for Biden, has history of abortion advocacy|url=https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/246261/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poet-for-biden-has-history-of-abortion-advocacy|access-date=January 31, 2021|website=Catholic News Agency|language=en|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302091900/https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/amanda-gorman-inaugural-poet-for-biden-has-history-of-abortion-advocacy|url-status=live}}

In May 2020, Gorman appeared in an episode of the web series Some Good News hosted by John Krasinski, where she had the opportunity to virtually meet Oprah Winfrey and issued a virtual commencement speech to those who could not attend commencements due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S.{{cite magazine|url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/amanda-gorman-poet-inauguration-joe-biden-1234888023/|title=Who Is 22-Year-Old Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman?|first=Mónica|last=Marie Zorrilla|magazine=Variety|date=January 20, 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120233413/https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/amanda-gorman-poet-inauguration-joe-biden-1234888023/|url-status=live}} In 2020, Gorman presented "Earthrise", a poem focused on the climate crisis.{{Cite web|date=October 25, 2020|title='Earthrise' poem dares us to dream a different reality|first=Ted|last=Countdown|url=https://racetozero.unfccc.int/earthrise-poem-dares-us-to-dream-a-different-reality/|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=Race to Zero|language=en|archive-date=April 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210427084307/https://racetozero.unfccc.int/earthrise-poem-dares-us-to-dream-a-different-reality/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Holthaus|first=Eric|title=Amanda Gorman, the climate poet for our time|url=https://thephoenix.substack.com/p/amanda-gorman-the-climate-poet-for|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 21, 2021|website=thephoenix.substack.com|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224180230/https://thephoenix.substack.com/p/amanda-gorman-the-climate-poet-for|url-status=dead}}

Gorman read her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the inauguration of Joe Biden on January 20, 2021, and is the youngest poet to read at a presidential inauguration in United States history.{{Cite web|url=https://bideninaugural.org/presidential-inaugural-committee-announces-participants-in-the-59th-inaugural-ceremonies/|title=Presidential Inaugural Committee Announces Participants in the 59th Inaugural Ceremonies|date=January 14, 2021|website=bideninaugural.org|access-date=January 14, 2021|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120454/https://www.whitehouse.gov/|url-status=dead}}{{cite news |last1=Gabbatt |first1=Adam |title='An inspiration to us all': Amanda Gorman's inaugural poem stirs hope and awe |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/20/amanda-gorman-poem-biden-inauguration |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120235244/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/20/amanda-gorman-poem-biden-inauguration |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Shalal |first1=Andrea |title=Poet Amanda Gorman, 22, captures 'bruised, but whole' U.S. at Biden, Harris inauguration |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration-poetry/poet-amanda-gorman-22-captures-bruised-but-whole-u-s-at-biden-harris-inauguration-idUSKBN29P2KA |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=Reuters |date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120212155/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-biden-inauguration-poetry/poet-amanda-gorman-22-captures-bruised-but-whole-u-s-at-biden-harris-inauguration-idUSKBN29P2KA |url-status=live }} Jill Biden recommended her for the inauguration.{{cite news |first1=Alexandra |last1=Alter |title=Amanda Gorman, a 22-year-old poet, asks 'Where can we find light?' in Inauguration Day recitation. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/who-is-amanda-gorman-poet-inauguration.html |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121001633/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/20/us/who-is-amanda-gorman-poet-inauguration.html |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|title=Amanda Gorman, 22, Will Be the Youngest Poet to Read at an Inauguration Day Ceremony|url=https://people.com/politics/amanda-gorman-will-be-the-youngest-poet-to-read-at-the-inauguration-day/|date=January 15, 2021|access-date=January 17, 2021|first=Sean|last=Neumann|website=PEOPLE.com|language=EN|archive-date=March 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210319120436/https://people.com/politics/amanda-gorman-will-be-the-youngest-poet-to-read-at-the-inauguration-day/|url-status=live}} After January 6, 2021, Gorman amended her poem's wording to address the storming of the United States Capitol.{{Cite news|last=Inskeep|first=Steve|author-link=Steve Inskeep|date=January 19, 2021|title='History Has Its Eyes On Us.' Poet Amanda Gorman Seeks Right Words For Inauguration|publisher=NPR|url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/958077401|access-date=January 19, 2021|archive-date=January 20, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120085553/https://www.npr.org/transcripts/958077401|url-status=live}} Transcript of interview. During the week before the inauguration, she told The Washington Post book critic Ron Charles, "My hope is that my poem will represent a moment of unity for our country" and "with my words, I'll be able to speak to a new chapter and era for our nation."{{cite news |last1=Wang |first1=Amy B |last2=Merry |first2=Stephanie |title=Amanda Gorman reads poem 'The Hill We Climb' at Biden inauguration |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/01/20/amanda-gorman-poet-laureate-inauguration/ |access-date=January 21, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=January 20, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121003230/https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2021/01/20/amanda-gorman-poet-laureate-inauguration/ |url-status=live }}

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Before her performance, Gorman told CBS This Morning co-host Anthony Mason: "One of the preparations that I do always whenever I perform is I say a mantra to myself, which is 'I'm the daughter of black writers. We're descended from freedom fighters who broke through chains and changed the world. They call me.' And that is the way in which I prepare myself for the duty that needs to get done." Soon after Gorman's performance at the inauguration, her two upcoming books, the poetry collection The Hill We Climb and a project for youth, Change Sings: A Children's Anthem – both scheduled for release in September 2021 – were at the top of Amazon's bestseller list.{{cite news |last1=Evelyn |first1=Kenya |title=Amanda Gorman books top bestselling lists after soul-stirring inaugural poem |url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/21/amanda-gorman-star-rises-inaugural-poem |access-date=January 21, 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=January 21, 2021 |archive-date=January 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210121191927/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/21/amanda-gorman-star-rises-inaugural-poem |url-status=live }} A book version of the poem "The Hill We Climb" was published in March 2021, with a foreword by Oprah Winfrey,{{cite news |last1=Italie |first1=Hillel |title=Interest continues to grow in inaugural poet Amanda Gorman |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-entertainment-poetry-oprah-winfrey-9c51ba6bff092b2c83412e982ff82e13 |access-date=January 28, 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=January 28, 2021 |archive-date=January 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128134814/https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-entertainment-poetry-oprah-winfrey-9c51ba6bff092b2c83412e982ff82e13 |url-status=live }} and debuted at No. 1 on several bestseller lists, including The New York Times adult fiction and USA Today.{{cite web|url=https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/the-hill-we-climb-by-amanda-gorman-debuts-at-1-on-nyt-and-usa-today-bestsellers-lists/|title=THE HILL WE CLIMB by Amanda Gorman Debuts at #1 on NYT and USA Today Bestsellers Lists|website=Penguin Random House|date=April 8, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2022|archive-date=January 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220127144653/https://global.penguinrandomhouse.com/announcements/the-hill-we-climb-by-amanda-gorman-debuts-at-1-on-nyt-and-usa-today-bestsellers-lists/|url-status=live}} First printings of one million copies were announced for each of Gorman's three upcoming books.

In February 2021 the Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld, winner of the 2020 International Booker Prize, who had been chosen to translate Gorman's poem, stepped down from the assignment following criticism that the publisher had chosen a white translator.{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/rijneveld-gorman-translation-uproar-e5b9d81cb2e50e7ce3906d1f850ed261|title=Dutch poet declines assignment to translate Gorman's works|work=Associated Press|date=February 26, 2021|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=March 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302183105/https://apnews.com/article/rijneveld-gorman-translation-uproar-e5b9d81cb2e50e7ce3906d1f850ed261|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/amanda-gorman-poem-translation-dutch-b1808315.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210227064234/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/amanda-gorman-poem-translation-dutch-b1808315.html |archive-date=2021-02-27 |url-access=limited |url-status=live|title=Dutch writer Marieke Lucas Rijneveld steps down from assignment to translate Amanda Gorman's work|first=Clémence|last= Michallon|newspaper=The Independent|date=February 26, 2021}} As noted by the BBC, Rijneveld's decision has "heightened the debate in the Netherlands over the ethics of translation and underlined Gorman's original sentiments of the hills that 'all other black girls' must climb."{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56334369|title=Why a white poet did not translate Amanda Gorman|first=Anna|last=Holligan|website=BBC News|date=March 10, 2021|access-date=March 10, 2021|archive-date=March 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310012204/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56334369|url-status=live}} In March 2021, it was reported that the Spanish publisher Univers after hiring writer Victor Obiols to translate Gorman's poem into Catalan had relieved him of the commission after his translation was delivered and were seeking a replacement translator; as Obiols stated: "They did not question my abilities, but they were looking for a different profile, which had to be a woman, young, activist and preferably black."{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/10/not-suitable-catalan-translator-for-amanda-gorman-poem-removed|title='Not suitable': Catalan translator for Amanda Gorman poem removed|author=AFP|newspaper=The Guardian|date=March 10, 2021|access-date=March 16, 2021|archive-date=February 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220226184248/https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/mar/10/not-suitable-catalan-translator-for-amanda-gorman-poem-removed|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/amanda-gorman-catalan-translation-scli-intl/index.html|title=A translator for Amanda Gorman's poem has been dropped in Spain|work=CNN|last=Guy|first=Jack|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=March 16, 2021}} The request was said to have originated with the US group Viking Books.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56340162|title=Amanda Gorman's Catalan translator dropped because of 'profile'|publisher=BBC News|date=March 12, 2021|access-date=March 16, 2021|archive-date=March 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210315221843/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-56340162|url-status=live}} Three translators – Kübra Gümüşay, Hadija Haruna-Oelker and Uda Strätling – worked together on the poem's German edition.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/amanda-gorman-hill-we-climb-translation.html|title=Amanda Gorman's Poetry United Critics. It's Dividing Translators|newspaper=The New York Times|first=Alex|last=Marshall|date=April 1, 2021|access-date=January 27, 2022|archive-date=October 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211029101812/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/amanda-gorman-hill-we-climb-translation.html|url-status=live}}

In December 2021, Amanda Gorman released her poetry collection, Call Us What We Carry, published by Viking Books. The collection received critical acclaim for its exploration of themes such as identity, resilience, and the human experience.{{Cite journal |last=Assad |first=Hafizh |last2=Hellystia |first2=Devi |date=2022-12-31 |title=Personification in Call Us What We Carry Poems by Amanda Gorman 2021 |url=https://doi.org/10.20884/1.jes.2022.3.2.6744 |journal=J-Lalite: Journal of English Studies |volume=3 |issue=2 |pages=174 |doi=10.20884/1.jes.2022.3.2.6744 |issn=2723-357X|doi-access=free }}

IMG Models and its parent company WME signed Gorman for representation in fashion, beauty, and talent endorsements.{{cite news|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-01-26/amanda-gorman-img-models-presidency|title=Amanda Gorman signs with IMG Models, but we all know it's the presidency she's after|work=Los Angeles Times|date=January 26, 2021|last=Saad|first=Nardine|access-date=January 28, 2021|archive-date=February 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210219102146/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2021-01-26/amanda-gorman-img-models-presidency|url-status=live}} She is represented in the publishing industry by Writers House and by the Gang, Tyre, Ramer, Brown and Passman law firm.{{Cite news|last=Gardner|first=Chris|date=January 25, 2021|title=Inaugural Poet Amanda Gorman Signs With IMG Models|work=The Hollywood Reporter|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/inaugural-poet-amanda-gorman-signs-with-img-models|url-status=live|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130091154/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/rambling-reporter/inaugural-poet-amanda-gorman-signs-with-img-models|archive-date=January 30, 2021}} Gorman was commissioned to compose an original poem to be recited at Super Bowl LV's pregame ceremony on February 7, 2021, as an introduction to the three honorary captains who would preside over the coin toss.{{Cite news|last=Garrand|first=Danielle|date=January 28, 2021|title=Inaugural poet Amanda Gorman to perform original piece at Super Bowl|work=CBS News|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amanda-gorman-super-bowl-performance-poem/|url-status=live|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210129110004/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/amanda-gorman-super-bowl-performance-poem/|archive-date=January 29, 2021}} The Washington Post reported that the honorary captains were essential workers "James Martin, a U.S. Marine veteran; Trimaine Davis, an educator; and Suzie Dorner, an ICU nurse manager", and that Gorman delivered the poem in their honor in a recorded video.{{cite news |last1=McGuire |first1=Nneka |title=Amanda Gorman clearly has talent. But there's more to her meteoric rise. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/amanda-gorman-super-bowl/2021/02/07/1a226478-699f-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html |access-date=February 8, 2021 |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=February 8, 2021 |archive-date=February 8, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208040852/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/amanda-gorman-super-bowl/2021/02/07/1a226478-699f-11eb-9ead-673168d5b874_story.html |url-status=live }} In advance of presenting her new piece, titled "Chorus of the Captains", Gorman said: "Poetry at the Super Bowl is a feat for art and our country, because it means we're thinking imaginatively about human connection even when we feel siloed."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/super-bowl-2021-amanda-gorman-poem-1124929/|title=Super Bowl 2021: Poet Amanda Gorman Honors NFL's Three 'Honorary Captains'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=February 7, 2021|access-date=February 28, 2021|archive-date=February 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210226194609/https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/super-bowl-2021-amanda-gorman-poem-1124929/|url-status=live}}

Gorman made the cover of Time magazine's February 2021 issue.{{Cite magazine|title=The Story Behind Time's Amanda Gorman Cover|url=https://time.com/5935798/amanda-gorman-cover/|first=Sanya|last=Mansoor|date=February 3, 2021|access-date=2021-02-16|magazine=Time|archive-date=April 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210408172059/https://time.com/5935798/amanda-gorman-cover/|url-status=live}} In March 2021, Gorman said she was racially profiled by a security guard near her home, and tweeted afterwards, "He left, no apology. This is the reality of black girls: One day you're called an icon, the next day, a threat."{{cite news |title=Amanda Gorman says she was racially profiled near her home |url=https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-amanda-gorman-d986f597a840ff14fec7b37312a35a34 |access-date=7 March 2021 |work=Associated Press |date=March 5, 2021 |archive-date=March 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316203652/https://apnews.com/article/biden-inauguration-joe-biden-race-and-ethnicity-amanda-gorman-d986f597a840ff14fec7b37312a35a34 |url-status=live }} She later tweeted, "In a sense, he was right. I AM A THREAT: a threat to injustice, to inequality, to ignorance. Anyone who speaks the truth and walks with hope is an obvious and fatal danger to the powers that be. A threat and proud."

Gorman, who was photographed by Annie Leibovitz for the cover-story of the May edition of Vogue – the first poet ever to have been thus featured by the magazine – has said she has turned down $17 million in offers for endorsements that did not "speak to" her.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/amanda-gorman-cover-may-2021|title=The Rise and Rise of Amanda Gorman|first=Doreen|last=St. Félix|author-link=Doreen St. Félix|magazine=Vogue|date=May 2021|access-date=17 July 2021|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717004925/https://www.vogue.com/article/amanda-gorman-cover-may-2021|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/apr/07/amanda-gorman-vogue-us-interview-deals-turned-down-inauguration-poem|title=Amanda Gorman says she has declined around $17m in deals since inauguration|first=Priya|last=Elan|newspaper=The Guardian|date=April 7, 2021|access-date=July 17, 2021|archive-date=July 17, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210717004923/https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2021/apr/07/amanda-gorman-vogue-us-interview-deals-turned-down-inauguration-poem|url-status=live}} In September 2021, it was announced that Gorman would become the first Estée Lauder "Global Changemaker", as a representative of the brand in ad campaigns and speaking events, in addition to work with the company's grantmaking program to promote literacy for girls and women.{{cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Vanessa |title=The Poetic Justice of Amanda Gorman's Estée Lauder Contract |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/style/amanda-gorman-estee-lauder.html |access-date=September 4, 2021 |work=The New York Times |date=September 2, 2021 |archive-date=September 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210903230317/https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/02/style/amanda-gorman-estee-lauder.html |url-status=live }} On September 13, 2021, she co-hosted the Met Gala, alongside actor Timothée Chalamet, singer Billie Eilish, and tennis player Naomi Osaka.{{cite web | last = Italie | first = Leanne | title = Billie Eilish, Amanda Gorman, Lil Nas X dazzle at Met Gala | website = AP News | date = 13 September 2021 | access-date = 14 September 2021 | url = https://apnews.com/article/met-gala-0e34a990c64132e30897acbafbf5117d | url-status = live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913201213/https://apnews.com/article/met-gala-0e34a990c64132e30897acbafbf5117d |archive-date=September 13, 2021 }}{{cite web | last = Escobar | first = Natalie | title = Here Are The Best Looks From The Met Gala | website = NPR | date = 13 September 2021 | url = https://www.npr.org/2021/09/13/1036605369/met-gala-looks-best-dressed | url-status = live | access-date = 14 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913235027/https://www.npr.org/2021/09/13/1036605369/met-gala-looks-best-dressed |archive-date=September 13, 2021 }}{{cite web | url = https://www.newsweek.com/met-gala-2021-hosts-1628359 | website = Newsweek | last = Kim | first = Soo | date = 13 September 2021 | title = Who Are the Met Gala 2021 Hosts? | url-status = live | access-date = 14 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210913113742/https://www.newsweek.com/met-gala-2021-hosts-1628359 |archive-date=September 13, 2021 }}

In the wake of the May 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, Gorman published a short poem on Twitter and encouraged action to promote gun safety,{{cite news|last1=Cain|first1=Sian|title=Amanda Gorman decries US inaction on gun violence in poem after Texas school shooting|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/25/amanda-gorman-decries-us-inaction-on-gun-violence-in-poem-after-texas-school-shooting|access-date=26 May 2022|work=The Guardian|date=May 25, 2022|archive-date=May 26, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220526034531/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/may/25/amanda-gorman-decries-us-inaction-on-gun-violence-in-poem-after-texas-school-shooting|url-status=live}} as well as penning the poem, “Hymn for the Hurting.”{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/opinion/amanda-gorman-uvalde-poem.html|title=Hymn for the Hurting|last=Gorman|first=Amanda|date=May 27, 2022|website=The New York Times|access-date=2022-05-29|archive-date=May 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529140839/https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/27/opinion/amanda-gorman-uvalde-poem.html|url-status=live}} She continued to express her support for Roe v. Wade and abortion rights in a poem posted on Twitter on June 24, 2022, which includes the line, "We will not let Roe v. Wade slowly fade."{{cite tweet |number=1540403105182846976|user=TheAmandaGorman|title=We will not be delayed. We will not be masquerade To the tale of a handmade. We will not let Roe v. Wade slowly fade. Because when we show up today, We're already standing up With the tomorrow we made |access-date=27 June 2022 |language=en}}

Access to "The Hill We Climb" was restricted at the Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes, Florida, in 2023 based on a filed complaint. In response, Gorman wrote: "Robbing children of the chance to find their voices in literature is a violation of their right to free thought and free speech."{{cite news|last=Frisaro|first=Freida|title=Amanda Gorman's inauguration poem banned by Florida school|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/amanda-gormans-inauguration-poem-banned-by-florida-school|access-date=25 May 2022|work=PBS News Hour|publisher=PBS|date=May 24, 2022|archive-date=May 26, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230526010342/https://www.pbs.org/newshour/education/amanda-gormans-inauguration-poem-banned-by-florida-school|url-status=live}}

Gorman was a speaker at the 2024 Democratic National Convention.{{cite web |last1=Jaeger |first1=Zoe |title=Who is poet Amanda Gorman? She speaks on Night 3 of the DNC. |url=https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2024/08/21/poet-amanda-gorman-dnc-night-3-speaker-has-a-primetime-slot/74896471007/ |website=Journal Sentinel |access-date=22 August 2024}}

Gorman has spoken of her early attempts at writing being "very Anne of Green Gables", until she discovered the work of Toni Morrison in middle school: "I realized then that stories could actually be about people who look like me." Observer.com reported in 2019: "It was in high school that she eventually read the poetry of other black women such as Audre Lorde and Phillis Wheatley, and started writing poems that commented on social justice issues such as intersectional feminism and race." Taking a multi disciplined view to self-expression, Gorman has spoken of the connection between fashion and poetry; in 2019, Vogue magazine noted that Gorman drew inspiration "from icons such as Maya Angelou, the Duchess of Sussex, and Michelle Obama", saying: "Fashion brings a distinct visual aesthetic to language. When I'm performing onstage, I'm not just thinking about my clothing, but what my Wakanda Forever T-shirt and yellow skirt is saying about my identity as a poet."{{cite magazine|url=https://www.vogue.com/article/amanda-gorman-national-poet-laureate-milan-fashion-week-diary|title=Meet the Rising Poet Who Stole the Show at Milan Fashion Week|last=Okwodu|first=Janelle|magazine=Vogue|date=February 27, 2019|access-date=March 16, 2021|archive-date=April 13, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413111001/https://www.vogue.com/article/amanda-gorman-national-poet-laureate-milan-fashion-week-diary|url-status=live}}

Gorman is a member of St. Brigid Catholic Church in Los Angeles.{{cite news |last1=Molina |first1=Alejandra |title=At poet Amanda Gorman's Black Catholic LA parish, 'it's like everybody here is a freedom fighter' |url=https://www.dailynews.com/2021/01/29/at-poet-amanda-gormans-black-catholic-la-parish-its-like-everybody-here-is-a-freedom-fighter/ |access-date=February 1, 2021 |work=Los Angeles Daily News |agency=Mercury News, Bay Area News Group |date=January 29, 2021 |archive-date=March 18, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220318174330/https://www.dailynews.com/2021/01/29/at-poet-amanda-gormans-black-catholic-la-parish-its-like-everybody-here-is-a-freedom-fighter/ |url-status=live }}

• 2014: Chosen as inaugural youth poet laureate of Los Angeles{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WendT0Sm-Tk|title=2014 Inaugural LA Youth Poet Laureate: Amanda Gorman|publisher=Urban Word LA|via=YouTube|date=June 24, 2014|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=April 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424102628/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WendT0Sm-Tk|url-status=live}}
• 2017: Chosen as National Youth Poet Laureate{{cite web|url=https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2018/02/26/youth-poet-laureate|title=First National Youth Poet Laureate On Poetry And Politics|first=Lily|last=Tyson|author2=Meghna Chakrabarti|website=wbur.org|publisher=Radio Boston|date=February 26, 2018|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=February 10, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210210032742/https://www.wbur.org/radioboston/2018/02/26/youth-poet-laureate|url-status=live}}
• 2017: Ozy Genius Award{{cite web|url=https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/and-the-winner-is-3/76701/|title=And the winner is ...|first=Renee|last=Morad|website=OZY|date=April 5, 2017|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126065403/https://www.ozy.com/the-new-and-the-next/and-the-winner-is-3/76701/|url-status=dead}}
• 2018: Named one of Glamour magazine's College Women of the Year{{cite web|url=https://theglowup.theroot.com/glamours-college-women-of-year-make-it-clear-we-should-1826869715|title=Glamour Magazine's College Women of Year Make It Clear: We Should All Be Fighting for Change|first=Montana|last=Couser|website=The Root|date=June 15, 2018|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=February 12, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210212234320/https://theglowup.theroot.com/glamours-college-women-of-year-make-it-clear-we-should-1826869715|url-status=live}}
• 2018: Presented a poem at the inauguration of President of Harvard University Lawrence Bacow{{Cite web |title=Harvard University Presidential Inauguration of Lawrence S. Bacow {{!}} October 5, 2018 | date=October 5, 2018 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XlDUyfTHj4 |publisher=Harvard University |via=YouTube |access-date=2023-09-30 |language=en |archive-date=December 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231204073639/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XlDUyfTHj4 |url-status=live }}
• 2019: Named on The Root{{'}}s "Young Futurists" list{{cite web|url=https://www.theroot.com/2019-young-futurists-for-these-25-game-changers-the-f-1833243246|title=2019 Young Futurists: For These 25 Game Changers, the Future Is Now|website=The Root|author=The Root Staff|date=March 27, 2019|access-date=February 9, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205074347/https://www.theroot.com/2019-young-futurists-for-these-25-game-changers-the-f-1833243246|url-status=live}}
• 2021: Selected to read at the inauguration of Joe Biden, becoming the youngest poet ever to read at a US presidential inauguration
• 2021: Highlighted by Time magazine in their Time100 Next list, under the category of "Phenoms"
• 2021: Winner Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry for The Hill We Climb {{cite web |title=Goodreads Choice - Best Poetry {{!}} 2021 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-poetry-books-2021 |website=Goodreads |date=2021 |access-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209200032/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-poetry-books-2021 |url-status=live }}
• 2022: A new species of alga in central New York was named Gormaniella terricola.{{Cite journal |last1=Robison |first1=Tanner |last2=Nelson |first2=Jessica M. |last3=Hauser |first3=Duncan A. |last4=Lewis |first4=Louise A. |last5=Li |first5=Fay-Wei |date=2022-06-09 |title=Dynamic plastid and mitochondrial genomes in Chaetopeltidales (Chlorophyceae) and characterization of a new chlorophyte taxon |journal=American Journal of Botany |volume=109 |issue=6 |language=en |pages=939–951 |doi=10.1002/ajb2.16015 |pmid=35678538 |s2cid=249521314 |issn=0002-9122|doi-access=free }}{{Cite web |title=New species of alga named for poet Amanda Gorman |url=https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220609084516.htm |author=Boyce Thompson Institute |date=June 9, 2022 |access-date=2022-06-22 |website=ScienceDaily |language=en |archive-date=June 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220622090647/https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/06/220609084516.htm |url-status=live }}
• 2022: Winner Goodreads Choice Awards - Best Poetry for Call Us What We Carry {{cite web |title=Goodreads Choice - Best Poetry {{!}} 2022 |url=https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-poetry-books-2022 |website=Goodreads |date=2022 |access-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209062330/https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-poetry-books-2022 |url-status=live }}
• 2022: Winner Children's and Family Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Program - We the People
• 2023: Nominated for Best Spoken Word Poetry Album at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards for Call Us What We Carry.{{Cite web|title=2023 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Nominees List|url=https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|first=Taila|last=Lee|date=November 15, 2022|access-date=2022-11-20|website=www.grammy.com|archive-date=February 12, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212011536/https://www.grammy.com/news/2023-grammy-nominations-complete-winners-nominees-list|url-status=live}}
• 2023: Elected to membership in the American Antiquarian Society.[https://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistg "Members"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807032614/https://www.americanantiquarian.org/memberlistg |date=August 7, 2019 }}, American Antiquarian Society.

• {{Cite book|last=|first=|url=|title=The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough|publisher=Urban Word LA|year=2015|isbn=978-0-9900122-9-0|location=|pages=|oclc=|page=}}
• {{Cite book|last=|first=|url=|title=You are here : the WriteGirl journey|publisher=WriteGirl Publications|year=2013|isbn=978-0-98370812-4|location=Los Angeles|pages=210; 281|oclc=868918187|chapter=Candy Cane"; "Poetry Is|editor-last=Taylor|editor-first=Keren}}
• {{Cite book|last=|first=|url=|title=The Hill We Climb: Poems|publisher=Viking Books for Young Readers|year=2021|isbn=978-0-593-46506-6|location=|pages=|oclc=1232185776}}
• {{Cite book|last=|first=|url=|title=The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country|publisher=Viking Books for Young Readers|year=2021|isbn=978-0-593-46527-1|location=|pages=|oclc=1232234825}}
• {{Cite book|last=|first=|url=|title=Change Sings: A Children's Anthem|publisher=Viking Books for Young Readers|year=2021|isbn=978-0-593-20322-4|location=|pages=|oclc=1232149089}}
• {{Cite book|last=|first=|url=|title=Call Us What We Carry|publisher=Viking Books|year=2021|isbn=978-0593465066|location=|pages=|oclc=}}
• {{Cite book|last=|first=|url=|title=Something, Someday|publisher=Viking Books for Young Readers|year=2023|isbn=9780593203255|location=|pages=|oclc=1380856566}}

• [https://www.audible.com/pd/Change-Sings-Audiobook/0593455223 Change Sings: A Children's Anthem], 2021, Audible ({{ISBN|0593203224|978-0-593-20322-4}}). 10 mins.
• [https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Hill-We-Climb-and-Other-Poems-Audiobook/0593459903 The Hill We Climb and Other Poems], 2021, Audible ({{ISBN|059346527X|978-0593465271}}). 1 hr.

• "[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poetrys-relevance-to-yout_b_6000384 How Poetry Gave Me a Voice]". November 21, 2014. The Huffington Post. {{ISSN|2369-3452}}.
• "[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/touching-a-diverse-audien_b_6309628 Touching a Diverse Audience: A Conversation With Author Sharon G. Flake]". January 30, 2015. The Huffington Post. ISSN 2369-3452.
• "[https://www.huffpost.com/entry/meet-laya-deleon-hayes-voice-of-doc-mcstuffins_b_57aa6d25e4b08c46f0e43852 Meet Laya DeLeon Hayes, Voice Of Doc McStuffins]". August 9, 2016. The Huffington Post. ISSN 2369-3452.
• {{cite news|date=2016-08-09|location= |title=Poetry, Purpose, and Path: An Interview with Los Angeles Poet Laureate Luis Rodriquez{{sic|nolink=y}}|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/poetry-purpose-and-path-an-interview-with-los-angeles_b_57aa3b80e4b08c46f0e426ba|work=HuffPost|language=en-us|interviewer-last1=Gorman|interviewer-first1=Amanda|publication-place=New York|oclc=1203304694|access-date=2025-01-06}}{{efn|"Rodriguez", not "Rodriquez", is the correct spelling of Luis J. Rodriguez's surname}}
• "[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/smarter-living/the-edit-native-american-heritage-month.html Native People Are Taking Center Stage. Finally.]". November 17, 2018. The New York Times. {{ISSN|0362-4331}}.
• "[https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/13/style/the-edit-black-history-month-questions.html I'm Not Here to Answer Your Black History Month Questions]". February 13, 2019. The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.

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