“The personal is political,” the Harvard graduate said. Writing poetry, she told the Harvard Crimson, is an inherently activist act. delegate, and founded a nonprofit, One Pen, One Page, a platform for “ for student storytellers to change the world.” At her predominantly white, private high school, Gorman and her twin sister staged a revolt to protest the lack of diversity in their English class syllabus. In interviews, she’s talked about how her mother raised her and her siblings through a social justice lens. When Maya Angelou read her poem, “On the Pulse of the Morning,” at Bill Clinton’s inauguration, she spoke of America’s colonial history and its disparate impact on Native Americans and African Americans, but urged other ethnic, religious and social groups to “put down roots … by the river,” and work together as one nation.Īctivism has always been an integral part of Gorman’s life. Prior inaugural poets have issued similar calls for unity - but never at such a fraught time in American politics.
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