American Poetry Now: Discussing the Poems of Amanda Gorman, Rising Star — Sesión Virtual

Se dice que Amanda Gorman, de tan solo 22 años, fue la protagonista del espectáculo durante la ceremonia de toma de posesión del presidente de los Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, el mes pasado cuando recitó su poema “The Hill We Climb”. Desde ese momento, Gorman, la primera Poeta Juvenil Nacional Laureada, firmó con una agencia de modelos y recitará un poema original antes del Super Bowl LV el domingo 7 de febrero.

Únate al Instituto Internacional en una discusión sobre los poemas de Gorman leídos durante la toma de posesión del presidente y el Super Bowl. La poeta estadounidense Layla Benitez-James moderará la conversación virtual, que tendrá lugar en inglés a través de Zoom. El evento está abierto a adultos y adolescentes a partir de 16 años.

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Some say that 22-year-old Amanda Gorman stole the show at U.S. President Joe Biden’s inauguration last month when she recited her poem “The Hill We Climb.” Since that event, Gorman, the first National Youth Poet Laureate, has signed with a modeling agency, and she will recite an original poem before Super Bowl LV on Sunday, Feb. 7.

Join the International Institute in a discussion of Gorman’s inauguration and Super Bowl poems. U.S. poet Layla Benitez-James will facilitate the virtual conversation, which will take place in English via Zoom. The event is open to adults and to teenagers age 16 and up.

Layla Benitez-James is a translator, editor, and poet living in Alicante whose poems and translations have appeared in The Acentos Review, Poetry London, The London Magazine, Guernica, Waxwing, Revista Kokoro, La Galla Ciencia, and elsewhere. Her audio essays about translation can be found at Asymptote Journal Podcast. Her first chapbook, God Suspected My Heart Was a Geode But He Had to Make Sure was selected by Major Jackson for the Cave Canem 2017 Toi Derricotte & Cornelius Eady Chapbook Prize and published by Jai-Alai Books. She works with the Unamuno Author Series to bring amazing poetry to Madrid.