Poet Amanda Gorman was Oprah Winfrey's latest interviewee on her ‘The Oprah Conversation’ series.
After being enthralled by the 23-year-old's performance at President Joe Biden's inauguration, the media mogul said the USA’s first National Youth Poet Laureate and the youngest inaugural poet in the country’s history, stepped into a moment in history with enormous grace and dignity,” after she recited her poem; ‘The Hill We Climb’ for the swearing-in ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in January.
“I was enthralled by her youthful spirit from the first moment we met,” the world’s most famous chat show queen said in a statement just before her Apple TV+ interview, “and very much looked forward to hearing her unpack all that has happened to her the past few months.” The two ‘national treasures (Oprah Winfrey and Amanda)’, united for the TV event in honour of ‘Women's History Month’.
The first National Youth Poet Laureate and the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history, Gorman recited The Hill We Climb for the January 20 swearing-in ceremony for President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
In a wide-ranging interview, Miss Gorman discussed how she approached the poem's creation, the literary figures who has inspired her, personal stories that shaped her past and her hopes for the future. During their discussion, she (Amanda) offered an insight into her poetic process and pulled the curtain back on the making of her inaugural poem — a hard-copy edition of which will be available to purchase.
“It felt meaningful, not only for me but in a broader sense,” she said of her poem. She describes the work as “something that the world needed to hear and that I needed to write.”
Oprah's interview with Ms Gorman comes after her bombshell conversation with The Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan, who opened up about their struggles of their lives as part of the royal family, as they detailed why they left their royal duties and are now more at ease by creating a new, independent life in California.
Other leading figures who have been interviewed for The Oprah Conversation include Emmanuel Acho, author of ‘Uncomfortable Conversations With a Black Man’, ‘How to Be an Antiracist’ author Ibram X. Kendi, pop sensation Mariah Carey, former US President Barack Obama, Oscar winner Matthew McConaughey as well as legendary musicians Stevie Wonder and Dolly Parton.
23-year-old author, Amanda, who recently signed with modeling and talent agency IMG, has stated that she plans to run for president as soon as she's eligible in 2036).
