'To anyone out there: I only ask that you care before it’s too late, That you live aware and awake, That you lead with love in hours of hate.' Listen as Amanda Gorman reads her new poem, 'An Ode We Owe,' before the U.N. General Assembly on Monday.
AP: How have you managed the transition to being a high-level celebrity?
GORMAN: I’m still learning and growing so much. I think one of the things that changed so much for me was just privacy. All of a sudden I became someone — which I never really necessarily expected — who gets recognized on the street. If I go to a restaurant, even if I’m wearing a mask, people are very good at spotting my face and or my voice.
AP: Have you had to deal with any resentment from the poetry community, who sometimes don’t look kindly upon commercial success?GORMAN: The only type of trolling that I experience is actually not from other poets. It’s from people who don’t write poetry. I hear those kind of like “What Amanda Gorman does isn’t that difficult. I don’t understand why she’s famous.” I have no ill will towards those people.
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