Call us what we wear
Call us what we wear
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Amanda Gorman
Translated by Zaire Krieger
Amanda Gorman is the youngest poet ever to have her work heard during the swearing-in of a new American president. Call us what we wear is her debut collection and shows that she is an unforgettable new voice in American poetry.
In this volume, which also contains the inaugural poem The Hill We Climb Gorman chronicles a lost era and transforms collective grief over the pandemic into a message of hope and strength. Call us what we wear bursting with energy and musical language, it explores themes of identity and memory. The poems mark an important moment of awareness in our society. Gorman is thus both a chronicler of the past and the voice of our future.
In the press:
Call us what we wear is lyrical and makes you think.' USAToday
"Her brave, oracular pronouncements give words to a collective experience, with an unparalleled confidence and a foresighted tone." The New Yorkers
