Call Us What We Carry: Poems

About this book

The instant #1 New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and USA Today bestseller, now available in paperback and with bonus content!This luminous poetry collection by #1 New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman 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, this beautifully designed volume features poems in many inventive styles and structures and shines a light on a moment of reckoning. Now in paperback and featuring an interview with the author and a discussion guide, Call Us What We Carry reveals that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.

Details

Format

Paperback

ISBN-13

9780593465080

Publisher

Viking Books

Published

January 23, 2024

Pages

256

Weight

10.4 oz

Subject

Poetry