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Amanda Gorman releases a brand new poem -- 'New Day's Lyric'

Gorman said she wrote the poem to "celebrate the new year and honor the hurt and the humanity of the last one."

  • Jan 3, 2022

Spotlight on Indigenous spoken word artist, musician and scholar Lyla June

"You can write words and you can publish them ... but it's not coming from the throat and the heart and the lungs," said Indigenous artist Lyla June.

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Caridad De La Luz has spent more than half her life sharing Puerto Rican pride.

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Poet Amanda Gorman says she was tailed by guard on her walk home who thought of her as 'threat'

The 22-year-old said she was walking to her apartment when a guard followed her, assuming she was a threat.

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Teen unveils painting of Biden inauguration star poet Amanda Gorman

Tyler Gordon has gone viral for his portraits of President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and Jennifer Lopez. His newest painting features 2021 inauguration star Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman.

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