The Hill We Climb

''For there is always light If only we''re brave enough to be it. If only we''re brave enough to see it.'' Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller '' I was profoundly moved... The power of your words blew me away '' Michelle Obama, TIME '' A moment of history in book form '' Stylist '' Deeply rousing and uplifting '' Vogue On 20 January 2021, Amanda Gorman spoke a message of truth and hope to millions. Aged twenty-two, she delivered a poetry reading at the inauguration of US President Joe Biden. Her poem, ''The Hill We Climb'', addressed the country and reached across the world: a call for a brave future. This special edition, which includes an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, marks that poem and offers us courage, consolation and the inspiration to make change. '' I was thrilled '' Hillary Clinton '' She spoke truth to power and embodied clear-eyed hope to a weary nation. She revealed us to ourselves '' Lin-Manuel Miranda, TIME

Auteur

Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. She is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality, and gender justice.

In 2017, Urban Word named her the first-ever National Youth Poet Laureate. Gorman's performance of her poem "The Hill We Climb" at the 2021 Presidential Inauguration received critical acclaim and international attention. The special edition of her inaugural poem debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller list and was a Sunday Times Bestseller in the United Kingdom. She is also the author of the children's picture book Change Sings.

After graduating cum laude from Harvard University, she now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles.

Texte du rabat

'For there is always light
If only we're brave enough to be it.
If only we're brave enough to see it.'

Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller

'I was profoundly moved... The power of your words blew me away' Michelle Obama, TIME

'A moment of history in book form' *Stylist*

'Deeply rousing and uplifting' *Vogue*

On 20 January 2021, Amanda Gorman spoke a message of truth and hope to millions.

Aged twenty-two, she delivered a poetry reading at the inauguration of US President Joe Biden. Her poem, 'The Hill We Climb', addressed the country and reached across the world: a call for a brave future.

This special edition, which includes an enduring foreword by Oprah Winfrey, marks that poem and offers us courage, consolation and the inspiration to make change.

'I was thrilled' Hillary Clinton

'She spoke truth to power and embodied clear-eyed hope to a weary nation. She revealed us to ourselves' Lin-Manuel Miranda, TIME

Résumé
'For there is always lightIf only we're brave enough to be it. If only we're brave enough to see it.'Sunday Times and New York Times Bestseller'I was profoundly moved...