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Interview Details
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Amanda Gorman Interviewed by Michelle Obama | TIME
Publish Date
February 4, 2021
Interviewees
Amanda Gorman
Interviewers
Michelle Obama
Publisher
TIME
Topics
accessibility of poetry
advice for young girls in the spotlight
art in activism
art in social movements
Black art renaissance
family and sisterhood
impostor syndrome
inspiration from past poets and artists
mantra before performing
optimism in hard times
overcoming challenges
poetry in history
pressures Black women face
Unity
People Mentioned
Abraham Lincoln
Barack Obama
Craig Obama
Dario Marianelli
First Lady Michelle Obama
Frederick Douglass
Hans Zimmer
Joan Wicks
Joe Biden
Lin-Manuel Miranda
Maya Angelou
Michael Giacchino
Phillis Wheatley
President Joe Biden
Sonia Sanchez
Tracy K. Smith
Vice President Kamala Harris
Winston Churchill
Yusef Komunyakaa
Works Mentioned
Becoming
Song of the Ancestors
The Hill We Climb
Places Mentioned
DNC
National Student Poets program
Super Bowl LV
United States
White House
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