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Jan 21, 2021
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According to the Guardian, “The Hill We Climb”, a poem by the 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, “stole the show” at Joe Biden's inauguration. Gorman “wowed the crowd,” writes the reporter Adam Gabbatt, with a “tour-de-force.”

“With her strong and poignant words,” Michelle Obama says, “Amanda Gorman reminds us of the power we each hold in upholding our democrac…

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