Call Us What We Carry

The instant #1New York Times,Wall Street Journal, andUSA Todaybestseller, now available in paperback and with bonus content!

This luminous poetry collection by #1New York Timesbestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman captures a shipwrecked moment in time and transforms it into a lyric of hope and healing. InCall 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 Carryreveals that Gorman has become our messenger from the past, our voice for the future.