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Poet speaks up after Miami-Dade school bars elementary students from reading her poem
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA nationally known poet said Tuesday she is “gutted” after learning that a school in Miami-Dade...
Greenville's First Youth Poet Laureate, Anna Castro Spratt, uses her writing for advocacy
Greenville News via Yahoo News· 12 months agoIf Riverside High School sophomore Anna Castro Spratt could trade places with one writer for the...
20 Black poets to know this National Black Poetry Day
TheGrio via Yahoo News· 2 years agoEvery year, the mainstream literary gates seem to open just that much wider to allow for more...
Indianapolis native, National Youth Poet Laureate finalist builds bridges through poetry
IndyStar | The Indianapolis Star via Yahoo News· 2 years agoWhen Alyssa Gaines was in third grade, her teacher assigned the class to write a poem about a color....
Florida School Library Moves Amanda Gorman's Inauguration Poem After Complaint
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA Florida grade school has relocated a poem read at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration to a part...
Amanda Gorman says her inaugural poem has been banned by Miami-Dade school
The Hill via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAmerican poet Amanda Gorman said Tuesday that the poem she recited during President Biden’s...
Amanda Gorman on her inauguration poem being banned at Miami school: 'I am gutted'
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAmanda Gorman responds to the restriction of her poem for President Biden's inauguration, "The Hill...
White House, advocates slam Florida school's 'censorship' of inauguration poem
Reuters via Yahoo News· 11 months agoThe White House and advocates on Wednesday decried a Florida school's decision to remove the poem...
DeSantis’ book ban is here. Don’t say gay, don’t say ‘slave’ at this Miami-Dade school | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoPerhaps it’s because of how Amanda Gorman alluded to the Jan. 6 attack in her famous poem, finished...
Poet Amanda Gorman criticizes book ban effort in Florida targeting Biden's inauguration poem
ABC News via Yahoo News· 11 months agoAfter news broke that Amanda Gorman's historic poem "The Hill We Climb" was moved to the middle...