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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. This is the conclusion in a series of monthly blog posts that Amanda contributed during her 2017-2018 laureateship. Can you believe that this is my last “Poet Diaries” post? That it is National Poetry Month already? That we are just around the …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. This is the sixth in a series of monthly blog posts that Amanda will be writing during her laureateship this year. Join Amanda tonight at the Library of Congress for a National Youth Poet Laureate Celebration. Amanda Gorman and the 2018 National Youth Poet …
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Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. This is the fifth in a series of monthly blog posts that Amanda will be writing during her laureateship this year. Happy February! February happens to be one of my favorite months because, while I celebrate black history every day all …
Posted in: Guest Posts, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. This is the fourth in a series of monthly blog posts that Amanda will be writing during her laureateship this year. As we enter the first few weeks of 2018, new beginnings, ideas, and conversations are on the brain. I definitely …
Posted in: Guest Posts, News and Events, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. This is the third in a series of monthly blog posts that Amanda will be writing during her laureateship this year. This week something miraculous happened: I got a poem from my Secret Santa. Now, this might not seem that incredible, …
Posted in: Guest Posts, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. This is the second in a series of monthly blog posts that Amanda will be writing during her laureateship this year. Last year my Harvard friends called me The Lorax. Some of them didn’t really know what ‘laureate’ meant (heck, I …
Posted in: Guest Posts, Poets Laureate
Posted by: Anne Holmes
The following is a guest post by the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. This is the first in a series of monthly blog posts that Amanda will be writing during her laureateship this year. “How does it feel to be U.S. Youth Poet Laureate?” These words always find themselves in the mouths of …
Posted in: Guest Posts, Poets Laureate