Call Us What We Carry: From the presidential inaugural poet

Amanda Gorman's 'Call Us What We Carry' is a powerful poetry collection that explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. It captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing, shining a light on a moment of reckoning and revealing Gorman as a messenger from the past and a voice for the future. The collection has received critical acclaim, with praise for its ability to evoke emotions, showcase resilience, and provide a powerful griot for our times.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 25 January 2024
Publisher: Vintage Publishing

The breakout poetry collection by Sunday Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman, 'Poetry so alive you want to hold it and protect it,' Malala Yousafzai. The luminous poetry collection captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. In Call Us What We Carry, Gorman explores history, language, identity, and erasure through an imaginative and intimate collage. Harnessing the collective grief of a global pandemic, these poems shine a light on a moment of reckoning and reveal that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.

'A new collection full of hope and healing from the young American poet who electrified the world,' Guardian. 'Reading these poems, I feel at once haunted, heartened, and formidably ministered to,' Tracy K. Smith. 'The liberating force of the stories these poems tell about our resilience and survival showcases a powerful griot for our times,' Oprah Daily.

Weight: 184g
Dimension: 197 x 128 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529924602