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The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman
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Amanda Gorman, the first person to be named National Youth Poet Laureate, earned worldwide acclaim when she delivered her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration. It’s not easy to upstage a president, but she managed it. The Hill We Climb: An Inaugural Poem for the Country features the full text of Gorman’s composition, along with a foreword from Oprah Winfrey.

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