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Call US What We Carry

Name: Call US What We Carry
ISBN: 9780593465066

Poems

Amanda Gorman

Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · December 7, 2021

Reading lane: African American Poetry

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Language in Motion

These poems meet collective grief with inventive forms and a searching vision of hope and healing.

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Poetry exploring history, language, identity, and erasure
An intimate collage shaped by a moment of reckoning

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Many inventive poetic styles and structures
A lyric movement from grief toward hope and healing

Book Details

Authors: Amanda Gorman
Publisher: Penguin Young Readers Group
Published: December 7, 2021
Format: Print & ebook
Theme: African American Poetry · Family Poems
Reading lane: African American Poetry

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American Poetry
African American Poetry
Women Poets

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The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other 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 imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, this beautifully designed volume features poems in many inventive styles and structures and shines a light on a moment of reckoning. Call Us What We Carry reveals that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.