Call us what we carry : poems /
The luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity and erasure through an...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC,
[2021].
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| Summary: | The luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, her poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future. |
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| Item Description: | The final poem in the book is The Hill We Climb, which was read at President Joseph Biden's 2021 inauguration. |
| Physical Description: | 228 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-223). |
| ISBN: | 9780593465066 0593465067 |