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‘She Was Speaking Directly to Us’: Professor Celina Su on Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration Poem, ‘The Hill We Climb’
Amanda Gorman (Credit: Hostos Community College)
Of the many stirring elements of last week’s presidential inauguration ceremony, Amanda Gorman’s reciting of her inauguration poem, “The Hill We Climb,” captured the most hearts, as evidenced by the outpouring of love for her across social and traditional media. Graduate Center faculty even praise her “soaring verse” in their reactions to President Biden’s inauguration. 
We invited Graduate Center Professor
Celina Su (GC/Brooklyn, Urban Education/Political Science) to share her thoughts on Gorman’s poem and why it moved so many of us. A social scientist who studies participatory democracy and holds the Gittell Endowed Chair in Urban Studies at Brooklyn College, Su is also published poet whose work has appeared in ....

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