Jan 20th, Inauguration Day

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She is bereaved, reacting just like a person really suffering at the sudden loss of a spouse or child. Really needs counseling.

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Amanda Gorman - some background in the LA Times.

'How a 22-year-old L.A. native became Biden’s inauguration poet'

Like most of us, Amanda Gorman has been cooped up at home because of the pandemic. In her case, that’s meant staying in her West Los Angeles apartment binge-watching “The Great British Baking Show.” Unlike most of us, she got some very exciting news recently via Zoom: She’d been handpicked to read a poem at President Joe Biden’s inauguration.

The first lady, Jill Biden, is a fan of her work and convinced the inaugural committee that Gorman would be a perfect fit.

Gorman, all of 22, became the youth poet laureate of Los Angeles at age 16 in 2014 and the first national youth poet laureate three years later. On Wednesday, she became the youngest poet to write and recite a piece at a presidential inauguration, following in the considerably more experienced footsteps of Maya Angelou and Robert Frost. LA Times

continued here - https://www.latimes.com/entertainmen...uguration-poet

It may be behind a paywall. If interested I can copy more. What an amazing talent.