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Call Us What We Carry: Poems

by Amanda Gorman

Poems on memory, identity, and a moment of reckoning

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    Instant #1 New York Times bestseller

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    #1 New York Times bestselling author

    The source describes Amanda Gorman as a #1 New York Times bestselling author.

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Poems on memory, identity, and a moment of reckoning

Amanda Gorman’s collection brings history, language, identity, and erasure into conversation with the collective grief of a global pandemic. Its collage structure and range of poetic forms give shape to a period the publisher describes as a moment of reckoning, while the book frames poetry as a way to consider hope and healing. The paperback edition also includes an interview with Gorman and a discussion guide, extending the collection with material for reflection and conversation.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in contemporary poetry engaging with history and identity
  • Those seeking poems that address collective grief and the pandemic
  • Book groups looking for a poetry collection with a discussion guide

Themes

History and memoryLanguage and erasureIdentityCollective griefHope and healing

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Book overview

The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, now available in paperback and with bonus content!

This 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. Now in paperback and featuring an interview with the author and a discussion guide, Call Us What We Carry reveals that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.
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