Poets & Writers Theater
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In this video from The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, Amanda Gorman reads her poem “What We Carry,” which appears in her debut collection, Call Us What We Carry (Viking, 2021), set to world-renowned cellist Jan Vogler’s performance of “Suite for Violoncello No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007: I. Prélude” by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Tags: Poetry | Spoken Word | Amanda Gorman | What We Carry | The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | Jan Vogler | music | performance | reading | 2024