Call US What We Carry
Poems
Penguin Young Readers Group · Print & ebook · December 7, 2021
The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the 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.
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- Who it’s for
- These poems meet collective grief with inventive forms and a searching vision of hope and healing.
- Themes
- History, language, identity, and erasure, Collective pandemic grief, Hope and healing
- Genres
- African American Poetry, Political & Protest Poetry, American Poetry
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The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller The breakout poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman Formerly titled The Hill We Climb and Other Poems, the 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.
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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. Call Us What We Carry reveals that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.
Language in Motion
These poems meet collective grief with inventive forms and a searching vision of hope and healing.
Come here for
- Poetry exploring history, language, identity, and erasure
- An intimate collage shaped by a moment of reckoning
Expect
- Many inventive poetic styles and structures
- A lyric movement from grief toward hope and healing
Where it sits
| Political & Protest Poetry | 59% |
|---|---|
| African American Poetry | 48% |
| American Poetry | 47% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- American Poetry
- African American Poetry
- Women Poets
- Authors
- Amanda Gorman
- Publisher
- Penguin Young Readers Group
- Published
- December 7, 2021
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- History, language, identity, and erasure · Collective pandemic grief · Hope and healing
- Reading lane
- American Poetry