Call Us What We Carry
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Amanda Gorman
The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestsellerThe breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda GormanFormerly 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.
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Author
Amanda Gorman
Pages
80
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2021-12-07
ISBN
0593465075 9780593465073
Ratings
Google: 5
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"The voice of a generation. "
Jackie Davidson
"beautiful poetry and reflection on the pandemic and the darker roots of American history... Amanda Gorman is the future of poetry"
darren
"Beautiful poetry from an impassioned voice. I particularly liked the poems that used "found texts," e.g., <a href="https://dpul.princeton.edu/wa/catalog/qj72p788s">Description of a Slave Ship</a>, a diagram of a slave ship published by British abolitionists in 1789.<br/><br/>One of my favorite poems from the book:<br/><br/>LIFE <br/><br/>Life is not what is promised, <br/>But what is sought. <br/>These bones, not what is found, <br/>But what we’ve fought. <br/>Our truth, not what we said, <br/>But what we thought. <br/>Our lesson, all we have taken <br/>& all we have brought."
Krista Schumacher
"I'm going to be rereading this one a few times. She has such a way with words and imagery and conveys such empathy and compassion. <br/><br/>Looking forward to her future career!"
Katherine R
"As a microbiologist, Call Us was my favorite poem, but they are all great. "
Kelli McMullen
"“We cannot possess hope without practicing it.<br/>It is the most fundamental craft we demand of ourselves.”"
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