Amanda Gorman received international recognition as the youngest inaugural poet in U.S. history for the recitation of her original poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at President Joe Biden’s inauguration in January 2021. Gorman’s poetry, like any other piece of creative content, encourages interpretation. In this article, we laid out several questions that can help you think more critically and analyze any creative work.
Narratio: Strength through storytelling
Charles Bukowski: Prolific, but underappreciated
The late Charles Bukowski was a poet, screenwriter and author. He wasn’t just any writer; he was a prolific writer with over 5,300 poems and stories being credited to his name by the time of his death in 1994. So prolific was he that previously unpublished works continued to be published over a decade after his death.