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A timeless picture book for the next generation of writers

Something, Someday

A Children's Anthem

Change Sings

An Inaugural Poem

The Hill We Climb

Call Us What We Carry

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Haunting... A soaring sense of history and solidarity pervades Gorman's debut collection... Call Us What We Carry is wide awake to the complex strata of human history and restlessly original in its poetic form... This is poetry rippling with communal recognition and empathy

A book of poetry so alive you want to hold it and protect it, to read it all at once, and then immediately read it again

Powerful... poignant... tender... Amanda Gorman's debut proves that she is poetry's brightest young thing

Between breath, light, water and soil, text messages and letters, and visual formations of ships, whales and flags, Gorman's Call Us What We Carry is an inventive literary resurrection

Amanda Gorman is a seer, a seeker, a speaker of our most difficult and astonishing truths. Reading these poems, I feel at once haunted, heartened and formidably ministered to

A new collection full of hope and healing from the young American poet who electrified the world

Guardian, *50 Biggest Books of Autumn 2021*

A thoughtful gift for Christmas, but make sure to get one for yourself too

In "penning a letter to the world as a daughter of it," Gorman doesn't merely transcribe a diary of a plague year; her bold, oracular pronouncements bear witness to collective experience, with an uncanny confidence and a prescient tone that are all the poet's own

Empathic... Gorman has a talent for speaking directly and precisely, but knows, too, the power of embellishment

The liberating force of the stories these poems tell about our resilience and survival showcase a powerful griot for our times

I think we all need more poetry - specifically her [Amanda Gorman's] poetry - in our lives

An inspired anthem for the next generation-a remarkable poetry debut

Many forms (including some erasures, among other visual frameworks, such as poems that look like text message bubbles) give this collection impressive variety. Gorman's thoughtfulness and activist spirit shine through on every page

How Gorman has arrived so young at a place of such accomplishment is as compelling as her art itself... She is a Gen Z Angelino who brings the fresh self-awareness and frankness of youth to these pages with a prosody that is as playful as it is stern

Amanda Gorman is a force to be reckoned with... [an] impressive collection... she's most poignant and shows her masterful use of the English language... pretty inspiring stuff from a young poet who's just at the start of her career

Gorman is at her best when stripping things down... There, she's most poignant and shows her masterful use of the English language... inspiring stuff

From the presidential inaugural poet

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The breakout poetry collection by Sunday Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman 
 
 Including 'The Hill We Climb,' the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, Amanda Gorman's remarkable new collection reveals an energizing and unforgettable poetic voice. Call Us What We Carry is Gorman at her finest. Bursting with musical language and exploring themes of identity, grief, and memory, this lyric of hope and healing captures an important moment in our collective consciousness while being utterly timeless 
 
© Amanda Gorman 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Amanda Gorman (Author, Reader) Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. She is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality, and gender justice. 
 
In 2017, Urban Word named her the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate. Gorman's performance of her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the 2021 Presidential Inauguration received critical acclaim and international attention. The special edition of her inaugural poem debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was a Sunday Times Bestseller in the United Kingdom. She is also the author of the children's picture book Change Sings. 
 
After graduating cum laude from Harvard University, she now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles.

The breakout poetry collection by Sunday Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman 
 
 Including 'The Hill We Climb,' the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, Amanda Gorman's remarkable new collection reveals an energizing and unforgettable poetic voice. Call Us What We Carry is Gorman at her finest. Bursting with musical language and exploring themes of identity, grief, and memory, this lyric of hope and healing captures an important moment in our collective consciousness while being utterly timeless.

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