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.

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

Formerly titledThe Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the luminous poetry collection by #1New York Timesbestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. InCall 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 Carryreveals that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.

Amanda Gormanis the inaugural Youth Poet Laureate of the United States. She is a committed activist who works on the local, national, and international levels to support girls’ education and empowerment. Amanda’s activism and poetry have been featured on theToday Show, PBS Kids, andCBS This Morning,and in theNew York Times, Vogue, Essence,andOmagazine. After graduating from Harvard University, she now lives in Los Angeles.Change Singsis her debut picture book. Please visit amandasgorman.com.

• Publisher:Viking Books for Young Readers (Dec 7, 2021)
• Language:English
• Hardcover:80 pages
• ISBN-10:0593465067
• ISBN-13:9780593465066
• Reading age:14 years and up
• Item Weight:1.25 pounds