Amanda Gorman, First National Youth Poet Laureate



Image from: YoungArts. (2016, March 7). Amanda Gorman, Writing/Selection from Novel & Short Story: 2016 YoungArts Los Angeles.   Retrieved from: https://youtu.be/zM4En012IJo


“I did a lot of sitting back and thinking about what I wanted for myself and what I wanted for my country: more unity, more support for the arts and more opportunities for young writers from marginalized groups.” From New York Times article, “How Amanda Gorman Became the Nation’s First Youth Poet Laureate.” (2017, November 3).


Ms. Gorman, a sophomore at Harvard University, became the first National Youth Poet Laureate in April 2017. She served as the Los Angeles Youth Poet Laureate in 2014 and the Youth Poet Laureate of the West before being named to the National Youth Poet Laureate post. She also heads up an organization for student writers known as One Pen One Page.

Visit the sites below to find out more about Ms. Gorman and the National Youth Poet Laureate program.

AmandaGorman, Inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate 

AmandaGorman Named National Youth Poet Laureate

How AmandaGorman Became the Nation’s First Youth Poet Laureate    

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Sources: Hawgood, A. (2017, November 3). How Amanda Gorman Became the Nation’s First Youth Poet Laureate. New York Times. Retrieved from: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/03/style/amanda-gorman-first-youth-poet-laureate.html

Holmes, A. (2017, July 25). Amanda Gorman, Inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate [web log post]. From the Catbird Seat: Poetry & Literature at the Library of Congress. Retrieved from: https://blogs.loc.gov/catbird/2017/07/amanda-gorman-inaugural-national-youth-poet-laureate/