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Amanda Gorman's hollow place and the Carmen Saeculare

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Aug 29, 2024
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Lots of poets and literary types have been dismissive on social media about the poem Amanda Gorman wrote for the Democratic National Convention in the States. You can read the text of her poem here (you need to scroll down), but this is a piece of writing designed to be heard, so it’s probably better to watch or listen to her performance of it:

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