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Call Us What We Carry
Call Us What We Carry: Poems | Amanda Gorman
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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.
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PurpleyPumpkin
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Day 7 #OfPoetry #AboutABook
A few books of poetry on #MyNeverendingTBR.
I recently inherited the first and last of this trio from my Mom‘s library. She loved books too! 💜

Lcsmcat I love the Gorman! 3mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo
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BookmarkTavern
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The inaugural poem for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.

A passionate voice for unity and love, but also justice and facing the hard truths of our country. As we approach the election cycle of 2024, I find myself feeling hopeful. May we continue to put in the work for a more just and fair country for every person, no matter their circumstances. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌕 #TheSealeyChallenge

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LZ055ilIiN4

AnnCrystal 🇺🇸🦅🇺🇲🙏💝. 4mo
Christine Hear, hear! (And I love Amanda Gorman and everything she writes.) 4mo
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kspenmoll
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This is probably old news to many but as I was catching up on insta,I read the above post from Amanda Gorman.Pen America is suing a FL district:
https://pen.org/press-release/pen-america-files-lawsuit-against-florida-school-d....

Amiable The ignorance surrounding these book bans is astounding. I don‘t even recognize this country anymore. 2y
britt_brooke These people are so DUMB. I swear. 2y
dabbe A similar article from the NYT states this is THE case to follow in the fight against banning books. All it takes these days is ONE person. This person writes “I don't need“ any professional reviews??? And the answer to Q#2 is incoherent. One of our district school board members said she had NOT read the book in question at one meeting but that she trusted whatever the board decided. #WTF If you don't read it, you don't get a say. Period. #grr 1y
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kspenmoll @Amiable i totally agree with your astonishment & the fact that this country is non recognizable- that is scary in itself. I worry about what kind of world we are leaving to our children & the high schoolers I teach. @dabbe how can you just blindly follow the Board & feel right about not reading the “ evidence” or book? This is nuts, but it does speak to how powerful books are if some parents/school boards do not want their children reading a book 1y
kspenmoll @britt_brooke Yes, yes, yes! It‘s hard to believe. Can‘t imagine your boys without books! (edited) 1y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Just checking to see if you received your package 📦 🩷 1y
dabbe @kspenmoll It's nuts and terrifying. Of course, the upside is that when a book is banned, that pretty much seals the deal that every kid will want to read it. If I were still teaching, I would just “slip“ a banned books list the students and just say, “🤷‍♀️ why they were banned.“ Easy for me to say when I don't have to face parents anymore. 😃 1y
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IndoorDame
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I just saw the most heartfelt message about book bans from Amanda Gorman on her instagram account after her poem was banned in a Florida school district. I was feeling all the emotions I typically feel when I hear a story like this, and then I read the details of the single, parent complaint she shared that led to the ban, and now I‘m livid! How can we live somewhere where this was upheld?????

itsjustme40something The Washington Post analyzed the bans and found that 11 people were responsible for the majority of current bans....if I'm remembering correctly it's like 80something %. 2y
IndoorDame @itsjustme40something wow! Given how many bans and challenges there are right now, that‘s taking on a second job! 2y
Bookwormjillk Oprah Winfrey? What the heck? 2y
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IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk yeah…that was one of the things she said in her comment 😂😅 2y
Bookwormjillk @IndoorDame I feel like that should be an automatic dismissal of a book ban complaint. At least get the author right. 2y
Amiable I can‘t stand this anymore —how is it that such a small minority of ignorant and bigoted people are allowed to highjack the educational process for the rest of us? 2y
CoverToCoverGirl Very scary … 😲 2y
IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk SO many things about this form should be an automatic dismissal if anyone was taking it seriously. It‘s only half filled out! They must be rubber stamping every complaint they get in that district 2y
IndoorDame @Amiable it wasn‘t that long ago you had to remove your kids to private schools if you wanted to micromanage them to this extent. I wish there was some way to get us back to the (relative) safety of that setup. 2y
britt_brooke The complaint makes zero sense. 2y
dabbe Glad Amanda joined! Same case I posted on from the NYT last week; it seems to be THE case to follow re: book banning. This parent is completely INCOHERENT, and you know they have not even read the book in question. No read = NO OPINION! People in my English department (and our principal) have lost their jobs because of a 1-parent complaint over a different book. Time to start wearing my “I teach banned books“ shirt everywhere I go. #grr 1y
IndoorDame @dabbe it‘s terrible that people are losing their jobs over this issue! And I‘m sorry that includes people you know personally. I missed the Times piece, but I see why this makes an especially good poster piece, and I‘m glad Amanda is speaking out personally as well. I guess I have to hope that major media coverage, and the fundraiser her publisher is running, and your new t shirt campaign will push the needle back in a positive direction. 🤞🏼 1y
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coffees
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NGL, me and #poetry are just not a good mix. For the parts I did understand, I enjoyed. And aside from this just being a speech, it's also a major community accomplishment, it was done beautifully

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Zoe-h
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What more can be said about this than what‘s already been said? It‘s written by a twenty-two year old and presented at a presidential inauguration. This needs to be taught in schools.

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BarbaraJean
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“Who are we, if not
What we make of the dark.”

—from “The Unordinary World” in Call Us What We Carry

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BarbaraJean
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“The densest despair takes
Us to no ordinary joy.
Sometimes diving
Into the deep inside us
Is the only way
We rise above it.”

—from “Essex II” in Call Us What We Carry

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BarbaraJean
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Such a fantastic collection of poetry. She has a wide range here: erasure poems, lots that feel like spoken word poems, and many that play with form on the page. From pandemic poems to protest poems—this is very much an encapsulation of the past couple years (and it‘s amazing the connections she draws out between present day, and WW1 and the 1918 flu pandemic). Gorman is a talented poet and her voice is such an important one right now.

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BarbaraJean
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Um... go home, Goodreads; you're drunk. The list of other similar books is just as odd, including detective fiction, romance, a kids' dinosaur book, classic sci-fi, a book by Jenna Bush Hager, and “The Manga Guide to Statistics.“ 😂

megnews How bizarre! 3y
kspenmoll Whatttt?? 3y
DivineDiana There‘s a computer glitch somewhere! 😂 3y
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BarbaraJean
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“To be haunted is to be hunted
By a history that is still hurting,
Needing healing as much as we do.

& just like that, through poetry,
We have recalled what was not ours,
Made the past the same as our pang.
This may be the only way we learn.”

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Bookwormjillk
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Great poetry collection. This almost read like a time capsule from the last two years.

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alisiakae
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I‘ve loved this poem ever since I first heard it at last year‘s Inauguration. With that being exactly one year ago this week, of course I had to revisit it again when I spotted it on a community bookshelf at a local tea lounge. (That is also black-owned and my new favorite spot in Charlotte!) 💜#poetry

alisiakae Fulfills #pop22 book you can read in one sitting and #poetrychallenge Book 1 3y
RaeLovesToRead That teapot & cups are awesome 💕 3y
KathyWheeler I just read this recently too. 3y
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IndoorDame I love that poem too. And what a beautiful place to read it! 3y
alisiakae @RaeLovesToRead @IndoorDame They are so cute! The owner has a whole wall of mugs and tea cups, so you can pick your own. Although now I feel bad for going out, as soon as we left, I found out my daughter's friend who spent the whole weekend snowed in with us, tested positive for Covid. 😬 They developed symptoms yesterday after going home. (edited) 3y
IndoorDame @4thhouseontheleft I hope you and your family are okay 🤞🏼 3y
alisiakae @IndoorDame I hope so too! I'm a bit on edge right now, but I do qualify for the antibody treatment if I get sick. All 3 of us are fully vaxxed and boosted (but so is her friend). 3y
RaeLovesToRead Hope you haven't caught it 🤞🤞🤞 Fingers crossed. 3y
marleed My granddaughter turned one 29Oct21 and my daughter made a treasure box to be saved and opened on their 18th birthdays (she has a twin brother!). Of course, this poem/ book is what I had to include in her treasure chest! I can‘t wait to know who both Amanda Gorman and RíEllie will be in 2038! (Okay, maybe I can wait because I‘ll be seriously old in 2038!) 3y
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BarbaraJean
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Every day we are learning
How to live with essence, not ease.
How to move with haste, never hate.
How to leave this pain that is beyond us
Behind us.
Just like a skill or any art,
We cannot possess hope without practicing it.
It is the most fundamental craft we demand of ourselves.

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TamTracy
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Beautiful and thought provoking. I loved so many of these poems. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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S3V3N
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I loved it.

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BarbaraJean
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“Shall this leave us bitter?
Or better?

Grieve.

Then choose.”

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Not sure why Litsy doesn‘t have the right book/title available… this is from her new book, Call Us What We Carry. 💙

GypsyKat I do notice that Litsy is a little behind when it comes to adding books. 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3y
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BookInMyHands
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The name of this book changed and Litsy doesn‘t have the updated title yet. This was a stellar read. A perfect book to reflect on the world as we move into a new year. I love Gorman‘s voice and look forward to watching her as a poet.

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Kristin_Reads
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Inspiring | Luminous | Collage 📖 1-2-22
Not sure why I can‘t find the appropriate tag in Litsy….
Poetry that shines a light on a moment of reckoning and harnesses the collective grief of the global pandemic through an imaginative collage of words.

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WanderingBookaneer
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Mitch
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“Where wisdom flows in cadences that sync with the thrum of our blood, the beat of our hearts” - Oprah Winfrey couldn‘t have described the power of this poem any better

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kissmehardy
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(Litsy doesn't have this listing yet - WTF?) Amanda Gorman punched me in the face and torso throughout this collection, and I relished it. So much poignant phrasing that resonated with me so deeply. #poetry

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Mitch
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Happy Christmas Eve everyone. Thank you SO much for my wonderful #jolabokaflodswap box @Yuki_Onna It‘s fabulous. Two amazing reads and marzipan! My day is set. Thank you. Happy Holidays everyone xxx

Cathythoughts Lovely stuff ❤️ 3y
Mitch @Cathythoughts the pistachio marzipan is a new one for me and I can confirm it is utterly delicious! 3y
LeahBergen Lovely! 😍 3y
Bookzombie Merry Christmas! 🎄 3y
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Christine
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She‘s just so good. Beyond the inaugural poem, I‘m biased to adore her because of her background studying sociology, which I see everywhere in her writing. I LOVED her pandemic-related poems in this collection and how she names and analyzes some elements of that in new and brilliant ways. I also love that my assumptions of what “Call Us What We Carry” might be referencing were totally wrong.

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silentrequiem
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This collection is starting off amazing!

This book is a message in a bottle.
This book is a letter.
This book does not let up.
This book is awake.
This book is a wake.
For what is a record but a reckoning?

#poetry

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merelybookish
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Back in March, a 7 year-old boy dressed up as poet Amanda Gorman for his school's Spirit Day. 🤩 (from Today.com)
#idol #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

Ruthiella So cute! 😍 3y
TheSpineView Adorable! ❤ 3y
LeahBergen Aww! ❤️ 3y
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marleed Ohhhh! 3y
JudeCC Adorable! 😍 3y
GingerAntics 💙💙💙 I love this little guy so much!!! 🥰🥰🥰 3y
kspenmoll Oh I live this!!! 3y
BiblioLitten Love this post! ♥️ 3y
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AnneCecilie
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Powerful, just powerful.

“For there is always light,
If only we‘re brave enough to see it,
If only we‘re brave enough to be it.”

I loved this poem som much, and especially the quoted lines, that I might buy her poetry collection when it‘s published.

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SW-T
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I read this while listening to the audiobook and it made me smile. Good poetry can do that.

#poetry #poetrymatters

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kspenmoll
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 3y
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Librarybelle
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Today seemed like an appropriate day to revisit this inspiring poem. While I am not a poetry reader usually, Gorman‘s rhythm and cadence of speech in this is so uplifting and breathtaking.

Try reading this without getting misty-eyed…

CoverToCoverGirl I gifted a copy of this to a friend of my daughter-in-law‘s new baby girl‘s time capsule. 3y
Librarybelle @CoverToCoverGirl A great gift! And a time capsule is a fun idea! 3y
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Graciouswarriorprincess
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Book 76/150.

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Bookwormjillk
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Bookish street art in downtown Charlottesville, VA.

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Literaturenut
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Melismatic
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Perfectly captures a specific moment in time, like lightning in a bottle.

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Cortg
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I picked this up from the library. It‘s nice to see Amanda Gorman‘s powerful poem in print and I could hear myself reading it in verse like she spoke it at the inauguration. I‘ll probably pick up my own copy since it‘s a nice piece of history and I‘d like to support her.

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Chelsea.Poole
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A gorgeous poem from an amazing young woman who has become a symbol of hope for many. I love the way the cover art matches her jacket from the inauguration. I cannot wait to see the amazing things Amanda Gorman does with her life! 🇺🇸

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WorldsOkayestStepMom
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I thought this was her poetry collection, but I'm still not disappointed in the single poem she recited at the inauguration! Now I get to buy her collection.

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TrishB
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#bookhaul
For the first time in 14 months I have been to a book shop. Felt wonderful. Brought a few books, top two on the left are my daughters ❤️❤️

Christine An excellent haul, and so happy for your triumphant return! ❤️ 4y
Leftcoastzen Wow, nice haul ! I love the smell of bookstores in the morning! 4y
LeahBergen How exciting! 👏🏻 4y
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TrishB @Christine I love that- a triumphant return 😁 4y
TrishB @Leftcoastzen felt wonderful 😁 4y
TrishB @LeahBergen it definitely was! ♥️ 4y
squirrelbrain How lovely! Hope you like the Lockwood; be interesting to see how it works in print.... 4y
BarbaraBB Looks fantastic. I just started the Lockwood and am curious of the Tudor! 4y
MsMelissa Nice!!! Now you can ignore my question on your most recent post 😊 4y
TrishB @squirrelbrain let you know when I get to it! 4y
TrishB @BarbaraBB I‘ll be interested in your review 😁 4y
Deblovestoread Nice haul, so happy to hear you were free to do something good for your soul! 4y
youneverarrived Great haul! I really liked Harmless Like You 🤍 4y
Cinfhen Can‘t wait to hear your thoughts on 4y
Cinfhen Was it REALLY 14 months?!?!?! That‘s insane.....so glad you were able to FINALLY revisit ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
TrishB @Kdgordon88 it felt great 😁 4y
TrishB @youneverarrived that‘s good to hear 👍🏻 4y
TrishB @Cinfhen I‘m looking forward to it. Foyles was the last time before today! 4y
Cupcake12 Great selection...enjoy x 4y
erzascarletbookgasm What a great feeling after such a long time. 🥰 Nice haul, haven‘t read any of them 😁 4y
Kalalalatja How wonderful 💕 4y
TrishB @Cupcake12 @erzascarletbookgasm @Kalalalatja bookshops are wonderful of course, as is just doing something normal! 4y
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alexus_sb
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“Let the globe, if nothing else, say this is true,
that even as we grieved, we grew,
that even as we hurt, we hoped,
that even as we tired, we tried,
that we'll forever be tied together, victorious.
Not because we will never again know defeat,
but because we will never again sow division.”

Amanda Gorman is so deserving of the praise that she's received. Each time I hear this poem, my heart stops a bit — it‘s breathtakingly beautiful.
#poetry

Nute Yes! 3y
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Come-read-with-me
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Simply amazing! Need I say more? Can hardly wait to hear more from this astounding woman! #AxeTheStacks

marleed I purchased a copy to place in my 5-mo granddaughter‘s 1st birthday treasure chest - to be opened when she turns 18. I hope RíEllie is thrilled to have a first edition of Ms Gorman‘s first book and that she‘s been inspired by her for her whole life. 4y
Come-read-with-me @marleed That is amazing! What a wonderful gift you are giving her. 💕 4y
Suet624 ❤️❤️❤️ 4y
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Judybskt
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Loved this! Getting comfy under a new quilt.

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amma-keep-reading
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A song of optimism and hope that should be played on repeat.

Special thanks to libro.fm for a copy of the audiobook and Penguin Random House for a physical copy of the book.

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mdemanatee
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My Mom sent me a much appreciated care package—including goodies from a local indie

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actualdisneyprincess
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I could have posted about every single page. 🤷🏻‍♀️😭 #thehillweclimb #amandagorman #inauguralpoet #blackgirlmagic #america #inauguration2021 #poetry #nationalpoetrymonth

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ElleSkel
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Book mail 😍😍😍
🤓📚👏🏼📖❤️

SW-T Nice selection! Love those bookends. Happy reading to you. 😊 4y
ElleSkel Thanks @SW-T ! 4y
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Kshakal
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We need to hear more of this in the daily! #inundated #springsentiments @Eggs

Eggs 🧡👏🏻💛 4y
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licia.reads
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Glad to have a commemorative copy of such a powerful moment for our country. This young lady is a true inspiration. #poetry #representationmatters #blitsy

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Books88
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So excited to have my own copy of this. 📚

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