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Joining the ranks of Robert Frost, Maya Angelou, Miller Williams, Elizabeth Alexander and Richard Blanco, 22-year-old native Angeleno and activist Amanda Gorman is the youngest inaugural poet to help mark the transition of presidential power in U.S. history. She will perform a piece titled “The Hill We Climb” during the inauguration, in which Joseph Biden and Kamala Harris will be sworn in as President and Vice President of the United States.
The star-studded swearing-in ceremony also features performances from Lady Gaga, who will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and a musical act from “Hustlers” star Jennifer Lopez. Other participants include Father Leo J. O’Donovan delivering the invocation, Andrea Hall leading the “Pledge of Allegiance,” and Reverend Dr. Silvester Beaman giving the benediction.
In an interview with NPR, Gorman shared an excerpt of the six-minute poem that she will recite on inauguration day:
“We’ve seen a force that would shatter...
The star-studded swearing-in ceremony also features performances from Lady Gaga, who will sing “The Star-Spangled Banner” and a musical act from “Hustlers” star Jennifer Lopez. Other participants include Father Leo J. O’Donovan delivering the invocation, Andrea Hall leading the “Pledge of Allegiance,” and Reverend Dr. Silvester Beaman giving the benediction.
In an interview with NPR, Gorman shared an excerpt of the six-minute poem that she will recite on inauguration day:
“We’ve seen a force that would shatter...
- 1/20/2021
- by Mónica Marie Zorrilla
- Variety Film + TV
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John Freeman, most recently the Executive Editor of Lit Hub and the former editor of Granta, has joined Knopf as an Executive Editor, effective March 15.
“I’ve long admired John’s achievements as an editor and writer, and I can’t wait for him to bring his excellent, adventurous, wide-ranging taste to our list, where he’ll be acquiring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry,” said Reagan Arthur, EVP and Publisher, Knopf/Pantheon/Schocken. Freeman will report directly to Arthur.
In addition to Lit Hub and Granta, Freeman is the founder of Freeman’s, a literary annual published in several countries around the world. Writers he has worked with include Valeria Luiselli, Sayaka Murata, Mohsin Hamid, Barry Lopez, Marlon James, Lydia Davis, Aminatta Forna, Richard Russo, Rebecca Solnit, Mo Yan, Kamila Shamsie, Anthony Shadid, Julie Otsuka, Natalie Diaz, Tracy K. Smith, Aleksandar Hemon, and Julia Alvarez.
Between 2014 and 2020, Freeman edited a series of anthologies about inequality,...
“I’ve long admired John’s achievements as an editor and writer, and I can’t wait for him to bring his excellent, adventurous, wide-ranging taste to our list, where he’ll be acquiring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry,” said Reagan Arthur, EVP and Publisher, Knopf/Pantheon/Schocken. Freeman will report directly to Arthur.
In addition to Lit Hub and Granta, Freeman is the founder of Freeman’s, a literary annual published in several countries around the world. Writers he has worked with include Valeria Luiselli, Sayaka Murata, Mohsin Hamid, Barry Lopez, Marlon James, Lydia Davis, Aminatta Forna, Richard Russo, Rebecca Solnit, Mo Yan, Kamila Shamsie, Anthony Shadid, Julie Otsuka, Natalie Diaz, Tracy K. Smith, Aleksandar Hemon, and Julia Alvarez.
Between 2014 and 2020, Freeman edited a series of anthologies about inequality,...
- 12/9/2020
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
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