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Amanda Gorman's Reading List

“Novel writing was my original love, and I still hope to do it,” says Amanda Gorman, whose new poetry collection, “Call Us What We Carry,” includes the poem she read at President Biden’s inauguration. “I just typically can finish writing a single poem faster than I can an entire narrative book!”

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By the Book: Amanda Gorman (2021)

NYT By the Book column (2021-12-09).

Source: www.nytimes.com

Alexander Hamilton
Ron Chernow · Buy on Amazon
"I could read those every night."
Othello
Unknown · Buy on Amazon
"I could read those every night."
Cover of Postcolonial Love Poem
Postcolonial Love Poem
Natalie Diaz · Buy on Amazon
Shake Loose My Skin
Sonia Sanchez · Buy on Amazon
"I fell in love with it and reread it every day."
Cover of The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison · 1970 · Buy on Amazon
"When I came across these works as a young reader, I so deeply wanted to understand how these writers had arrived at these stories."
Dandelion Wine
Ray Bradbury · Buy on Amazon
"When I came across these works as a young reader, I so deeply wanted to understand how these writers had arrived at these stories."
Cover of American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin
Terrance Hayes · Buy on Amazon
"American Sonnets for My Past and Future Assassin, by Terrance Hayes, is a master class in the form."
Wade in the Water
Tracy K. Smith · Buy on Amazon
"I'll reread Wade in the Water, by Tracy K. Smith, when I need a lesson on how to structure poems on the page."
Cover of The World's Wife
The World's Wife
Carol Ann Duffy · Buy on Amazon
"I'll reread The World's Wife, by Carol Ann Duffy, when I need to get into the poetic head of a character who has been silenced."
My Sister, the Serial Killer
Oyinkan Braithwaite · Buy on Amazon
"I have been pleasantly surprised by thrillers like My Sister, the Serial Killer, by Oyinkan Braithwaite."

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