Call Us What We Carry

Produktbeschreibung

The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman

Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, Amanda Gorman's remarkable new collection reveals an energizing and unforgettable voice in American poetry. Call Us What We Carry is Gorman at her finest. Including "The Hill We Climb," the stirring poem read at the inauguration of the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden, and bursting with musical language and exploring themes of identity, grief, and memory, this lyric of hope and healing captures an important moment in our country's consciousness while being utterly timeless. 

Kritik

Praise for Call Us What We Carry by Amanda Gorman:


An inspired anthem for the next generation a remarkable poetry debut. Kirkus Reviews, starred review

Gorman s newest poetry collection offers a stunning amalgamation of poems formatted in different styles to convey a message of sorrow, unity, and collective healing . . . Gorman s poetry operates as a perfect combination of part elegy and part call to action. This stunning collection belongs on every shelf. Booklist, starred review

At once heartbreaking and deeply healing, Gorman's collection calls readers to their best selves, even--or especially--in the face of great loss. Shelf Awareness, starred review


Gorman s thoughtfulness and activist spirit shine through on every page. Publishers Weekly

In seven sections and through poems that often experiment with form, the book sets out to tell the story of the COVID-19 pandemic from a collective point of view, with Gorman exploring the grief, hope and wisdom that come from a period of shared tragedy. Time

Gorman doesn t merely transcribe a diary of a plague year; her bold, oracular pronouncements bear witness to collective experience, with an uncanny confidence and a prescient tone that are all the poet s own. New Yorker

Amanda Gorman . . . reckons with America's present, particularly with the pandemic. Through the lens of the country's history, she shows us the path toward healing. NPR

Gorman shows us what an honor it is to witness history and to survive it, even if it doesn t always feel that way. . . The liberating force of the stories these poems tell about our resilience and survival showcases a powerful griot for our times. OprahDaily

Call Us What We Carry is thought-provoking and lyrical. Her poetry places readers back in the days of quarantine, back in that loneliness, and it makes us reflect on how far we've come and how far we still need to go. USA Today

Her poetry insists that not just she but an entire country is capable of growing itself to a place of glory, like Tupac s rose in concrete. Her emergence in this very moment is the instantiation of our ability to press on. We shall overcome goes the spiritual, but We have survived us is what Gorman says. As she looks ahead in these pages, she is like Washington crossing the Delaware. We must change/This ending in every way. The Washington Post

In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman has written a mnemonic symphony of hope and solidarity in the face of the vanishing meaning of our time, speaking eloquently with the lip of tomorrow. The Guardian

Between breath, light, water and soil, text messages and letters, and visual formations of ships, whales and flags, Gorman s Call Us What We Carry is an inventive literary resurrection. AP 

Autoreninfo

Amanda Gorman is the youngest presidential inaugural poet in US history. She is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Hill We Climb and Call Us What We Carry, as well as the children s picture books Change Sings and Something, Someday. Amanda is a committed advocate for the environment, racial equality, and gender justice. In a groundbreaking collaboration with the Est‚e Lauder Companies as a Global Changemaker, she established the "Writing Change" initiative to support grassroots organizations dedicated to advancing literacy as a pathway to social change. She graduated cum laude from Harvard University and now lives in her hometown of Los Angeles. Please visit her at TheAmandaGorman or on Instagram @AmandaSCGorman.