Amanda Gorman is a Black American poet born in 1998 and the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate of the United States. Gorman earned the prestigious distinction in 2017 when she was a student at Harvard University. Gorman published her first book of poetry, The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough, in 2017. In 2021, she spoke at the presidential inauguration of Joe Biden and recited a poem at Super Bowl LV. That same year, Gorman was included in Time's 100 Next list.
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