![]() ![]() ![]() "It was like, if I try to climb this mountain all at once, I'm just going to pass out." "I had this huge thing, probably one of the most important things I'll ever do in my career," she said in an interview with The New York Times. In researching for her work, Gorman drew inspiration from the speeches of American leaders during other historic times of division, including Abraham Lincoln and the Rev. ![]() Her poem, "The Hill We Climb," will align with the theme of the swearing-in ceremony of calling for national unity during a time of unprecedented illness, death and political division in the country. 6, when pro-Trump rioters stormed the Capitol Building. Gorman was invited to recite at the inauguration at the request of First Lady Jill Biden, who had seen the young poet give a reading at the Library of Congress, and suggested in late December she read something at the presidential ceremony.įor the past few weeks, Gorman wrote a few lines a day, and she finished writing late into the night of Jan. By age 16, she was named the Youth Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and a few years later while studying sociology at Harvard, she became the first National Youth Poet Laureate. ![]()
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