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Amanda Gorman 2018

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A Young Poet’s Inspiration

By Adeel Hassan

Feb. 28, 2018

How did Amanda Gorman, 19, become the first person to be named national youth poet laureate? She shares her story with the Race/Related newsletter below. Ms. Gorman also wrote original poems, which we animated. Watch them here. For more coverage of race, sign up to have our newsletter delivered weekly to your inbox.

It’s impossible not to think of your having been a precocious child. Tell me whether there was anything early that pointed you in the direction of writing.

I grew up at this incredibly odd intersection in Los Angeles, where it felt like the black ’hood met black elegance met white gentrification met Latin culture met wetlands. Traversing between these worlds, either to go to a private school in Malibu, or then come back home to my family’s two-bedroom apartment, gave me an appreciation for different cultures and realities, but also made me feel like an outsider. I’m sure my single mother, Joan Wicks, might describe me as a precocious child, but looking back in elementary school I often self-described myself as a plain “weird” child. I spent most of elementary school convinced that I was an alien. Literally.

The worlds I mentioned, traveled between for school and home — of blackness and whiteness — seemed so foreign to me. While other students were on the jungle gym, I was writing in my journal on a park bench, or trying to write my own dictionary. I was obsessed with everything and anything; I wanted to learn everything, to read everything, to do everything. I was constantly on sensory overload. I’d hoard dozens of books in my second-grade cubby, and literally try to read two at a time, side by side.

What contributed to my writing early on is how my mom encouraged it. She kept the TV off because she wanted my siblings and I to be engaged and active. So we made forts, put on plays, musicals, and I wrote like crazy.

Who were the writers who made you first want to write? When did you decide to be a poet?

I’ll never forget being in third grade, and my teacher, Shelly Fredman, a writer in her own right, was reading Ray Bradbury’s novel “Dandelion Wine” to our class. I don’t remember what the metaphor was exactly — something about candy — but I lost my mind. It was the best thing I’d ever heard. Pure magic!

How did you discover your own voice? How did it feel to discover your own voice? Did it happen gradually? When did you get more serious about writing?

In eighth grade, I picked up Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye,” because I’d never seen a book with a dark-skinned, nappy- haired girl on the cover. I was enthralled, not just by Morrison’s craftsmanship, but also the content of her stories — her characters, which I’ve always called fourth dimensional. What’s more, I realized that all of the stories I read, and wrote, featured white or light-skinned characters. I’d been reading books without black heroines, which nearly stripped me of the

ability to write in my own voice, blackness and all. Reading Morrison was almost like reteaching myself how to write unapologetically in a black and feminist aesthetic that was my own. After that I made a promise to myself: To never stop writing, and to always represent marginalized figures in my work.

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And from that sprouted my own voice — the voice of an unashamed black woman who also by way of a speech impediment understood what it was like to be silenced, and didn’t wish this fate on any other soul. To hone my voice, I read everything, from books to cereal boxes, three times: once for fun, the second time to learn something new about the writing craft, and the third time was to improve that piece. I woke up early every day and basically did “literary dress up,” where I’d wear another writer’s voice like clothing and move onto the next one, until I’d gone through a stack of 10 different books. I wore ephemeral versions, copying their sentence constructions, verbiage, and tones. Then I’d step out of them and choose the best characteristics of those styles, until I created a voice that was mine.

This was before I started thinking about publishing, which came in early high school when I started attending free poetry workshops at Beyond Baroque and the nonprofit WriteGirl.

What is it that gets you started on a poem? Is it an idea, an image, a rhythm, or something else? Do you rely more on your ears or your eyes?

Both the external and the internal trigger me. If I’m writing about something internal, say past experiences, I’m writing about it in relation to an external reality, like the ocean. When that connection happens in my mind, I grab a pen and find the closest excuse for sunlight. I usually begin with a word cloud, where I write down the best words I’ve heard that week — like plum, stone, spoon — I don’t know why but I love words like that.

I then take those words and begin to write. I think about the content of what I’m writing first, just getting the lines out and choosing the most necessary ones. Only then do I think about a shape that comes out of that meaning. Where do I want this line to break? Do I want the stanzas to be shaped like a girl, or a house? Maybe it’s because of an auditory processing disorder, but I depend a lot on sight. But that also means I’m hypersensitive to sound — I just see it, rather than hear it, if that makes sense. For example, in order to write, I must have music. Without. Music. I. Can. Not. Write. I’ll play an instrumental track that speaks to my mood, usually something by Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ludwig Göransson or Michael Giacchino, and then my poem becomes a visualization of that sound.

"It’s always difficult to describe my own poetry, it’s like trying to paint my own face without a photo." Tony Cenicola/The New York Times

Do you have a writing routine? Do you have a favorite place to write? Do you tend to revise?

When I was in school and commuting at least an hour each way, I had to write on the bus or anywhere I could. Now I spend a lot of time writing by the Charles River, when it’s not cold enough to freeze my hair. The revision muscle has been the most difficult for me to build. I used to treat my poetry like hiccups — it came out and that was it. I’d sit for an hour and write something, edit it a few times in that same sitting, and that was it. At Harvard I’m working on the ability to go back to a piece after a few weeks and carve out a better version.

Revelation is a fact of your poems. Do you feel “visceral” is an accurate description of your poetry?

It’s always difficult to describe my own poetry, it’s like trying to paint my own face without a photo. I guess visceral is accurate in that I attempt to bring the reader or listener on an emotional journey, but it’s also a visceral inquiry. I want my poetry to ask questions, even without answers. I want my poetry to interrogate myself and the audience so deeply you can feel it ringing in your gut afterward.

Do you agree with Czeslaw Milosz that poems should be written “under unbearable duress and only with the hope/that good spirits, not evil ones, choose us for their instrument?”

Often my poems are written under duress — I probably lose eight strands of hair every time I write — but I’m not sure if they should be. Meaning that I believe poems can be written in casual moments and still be great — which is a challenge if you’re a writer of color and compelled to write about something concerning the physical and sociopolitical trauma and endurance of your people.

Do you feel any ethical responsibility as a poet? Do you have a reader in your mind when you write?

I will always feel an ethical responsibility as a poet because I will always feel an ethical responsibility as a person, as we all should; the truck driver, the engineer, the painter, the prince, the writer, the biologists, all have a responsibility just by being. So I write to them when I write, a myriad people with their own dreams and duties. I write a lot for that bucktoothed, kinky- haired, speech-garbled 7-year-old still inside myself who didn’t see herself reflected in literature.

Why have you chosen poetry as a medium of artistic creation?

In all honesty, in the beginning I chose writing out of a socioeconomic and human necessity. With a speech impediment I was always looking for ways to express myself. Dance classes became too expensive, and I used 99 Cents Store paint for my art, which got frustrating. To write I just needed a pen and a page.

How do you understand this moment when it comes to race?

Ah. I’m not sure if I can say I understand a lot about this moment when it comes to race; a lot is still frustrating and complex. In many ways it feels like we are in the fog of war.

I firmly believe that this moment, when it comes to race, is a moment of redefinition and revolution. I believe that the fact that this moment at times is so painful and terrifying might actually be a source of hope — because usually the things that matter, the things that make change, and the things that last for generations to come are painful and terrifying for the generations that initiated them.

Follow Adeel Hassan on Twitter @adeelnyt.

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Romanogers Playlist

So this is the result of my boredom. I'm listening to music for at least 50-60% of my day during the week and like 80% on the weekends for work. I love music, it's an important part of my life so naturally I have the habit of listening to it while I write.

This is a compiled list straight from my Spotify account of songs that I often (read: always) associate with Romanogers. There's 105. My normal playlist that I put on though is like 150, but this is OTP centric...though I guess it's still OTP centric regardless, but these are the songs I'll listen to when I need a boost. I've used several to write stories actually. Those I will put one of these babies (*) at the start of. I know for a fact that there's several on this list that other authors have used as well to write with, make posts, or do art for, but I can't find at the moment so I'll add two like so (**) and if I remember the author I'll name them.

Feel free to point out any if you remember an author using it on this list or use it for yourself. Also just because this says Romanogers does not mean it only reminds me of that pairing. Several of these songs I associate with different pairings as well as my OTP. Also If you have any song recommendations for me my inbox is always open!

Okay so because it's such a long list I've separated it into groups by genre. Then alphabetical by artist (first name) since I have multiples of several artists. I also put it under the cut so that way this isn't such a long ass post to scroll through on your dash since it already kinda is...You know I'm not gonna lie, people say you can tell a lot about a person based on their taste in music. They're not wrong.

Enjoy!

-MG WARNING: This contains a shit ton of country and OneRepublic. I grew up in a state where one minute it'll be pop the next a string of country then back to pop.

Country:

A Thousand Horses:

Smoke

Big & Rich:

Run Away With You

Brad Paisley:

Then

Brett Eldredge:

Drunk On Your Love

Lose My Mind

The Long Way

Brett Young:

In Case You Didn't Know

Sleep Without You

Brothers Osborne:

Stay A Little Longer

Cam:

Burning House

Chris Lane:

Fix

Chris Young:

Aw Naw

I'm Coming Over

**Lonely Eyes

Darius Rucker:

If I Told You

David Nail:

Whatever She's Got

Delta Rae:

No Peace in Quiet

Dierks Bentley:

Black

Dustin Lynch:

Mind Reader

Seein' Red

Eli Young Band:

Crazy Girl

High Valley:

Make You Mine

Josh Turner:

Why Don't We Just Dance

Justin Moore:

You Look Like I Need A Drink

Kane Brown:

What Ifs by Kane Brown with Lauren Alaina

Keith Urban:

Break on Me

Kiss a Girl

Somebody Like You

We Were Us with Miranda Lambert

Kelsea Ballerini:

Legends

Kenny Chesney:

Setting the World On Fire by Kenny Chesney with P!nk

Lady Antebellum:

I Run To You

Need You Now

We Owned The Night

Lee Brice:

A Woman Like You

I Don't Dance

Little Big Town:

Sober

Luke Bryan:

Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

Maren Morris:

I Could Use a Love Song

Michael Ray:

*Think A Little Less (Think A Little Less)

Old Dominion:

Song for Another Time

Russell Dickerson:

Yours

Ryan Kinder:

Close

Sam Hunt:

Body Like a Back Road

Leave The Night On

Thomas Rhett:

Craving You

**T-Shirt

Unforgettable

Thompson Square:

Are You Gonna Kiss Me Or Not

Tim McGraw:

Felt Good on My Lips

 Electric-Dance-Pop: Anything within the genres mix

Avicii:

Wake Me Up

Calvin Harris:

Feel So Close

This Is What You Came For by Calvin Harris with Rihanna

We Found Love by Calvin Harris with Rihanna

Chainsmokers:

Don't Let Me Down by Chainsmokers with Daya

**Something Just Like This by Chainsmokers with Coldplay (@all-this-black-stuff)(WinterXAssassin on Ao3)

Young

 Pop/Rock: Anything within the genres mix

Andy Grammer:

**Honey, I'm Good

Bea Miller:

Fire and Gold

Ed Sheeran:

**Friends

Perfect Duet ft. Beyonce

Shape of You

Thinking Out Loud

Imagine Dragons:

Bleeding Out

Demons

Hear Me

I Don't Know Why

Monster

Radioactive

Walking The Wire

Warriors

Whatever It Takes

Maroon 5:

Daylight

Neon Trees:

Animal

One Direction:

Act My Age

Story Of My Life

OneRepublic:

All These Things

*All This Time (Looking for You (Back to You))

All We Are

*Choke (Not Published Multi-Chapter)

Come Home

Counting Stars

Feel Again

**Fingertips (@heyfrenchfreudiana)

*Future Looks Good (Something Green)

*Heaven (Heaven)

If I Lose Myself

Let's Hurt Tonight

Love Runs Out

Lullaby

Marching On

Mercy

*No Vacancy (Heaven)

Rich Love by OneRepublic with Seeb

Secrets

*Something I Need (Heaven)

Stop And Stare

What You Wanted

*Wherever I Go (Looking for You (Back to You))

The Score:

Believe

Going Home

Livin Right

On And On

Only One

Something New

The Heat

Tightrope

Where Do You Run

Where You Are

The Wanted:

Chasing The Sun

Could This Be Love

Running Out Of Reasons

 Misc.:

A Great Big World:

Say Something by A Great Big World with Christina Aguilera

Fall Out Boy:

Immortals

Flo Rida:

Wild Ones by Flo Rida with Sia

Hozier:

**Take Me To Church (@mylifeisloki)

James Bay:

Let It Go

Jon Legend:

All of Me

Mumford and Sons:

I Will Wait

Ne-Yo:

Let Me Love You

Panic! At The Disco:

Hallelujah

WALK THE MOON:

*Shut Up and Dance (Mentioned in Something Green???)

Twenty One Pilots:

Tear In My Heart

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