Great Writers

Introducing you to a great writer of poetry or prose every month. Be inspired. Respond to the challenge. 

For more inspiration, you can also explore our Great Poets Archive.

 

  • Photo of Ada Limon, poet

    Writing

    Ada Limón

    Appointed the 24th Poet Laureate of the United States in 2022 and winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry. She's planning to send one of her poems into space in October 2024.

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  • Amanda Gorman photo, 2021 Presidential Inauguration

    Writing

    Amanda Gorman

    The youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history and an award-winning writer and social activist, whose poem, "The Hill We Climb," wowed America at President Joe Biden's inauguration in 2021.

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