The Desired Effect: Amanda Gorman
“Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, as well as an award-winning writer and cum laude graduate of Harvard University, where she studied Sociology. She has written for the New York Times and has three books forthcoming with Penguin Random House.” That’s a brief synopsis — directly from her website, of this extraordinary young woman who inspires a generation. And a people. Accolades aside, her determination to speak truth to power for people of African descent especially is significant for many reasons not least of which is that it is enveloped in HOPE. And possibility. May her days be long, her words be many, her path be ease-filled, her determination forever bolstered. Enjoy her gift to the nation for 2022 below.
“There is always light. If only we’re brave enough to see it. If only we’re brave enough to be it”