![]() ![]() She remembers when she first started performing in public and worrying about which words she'd even be able to say out loud correctly. Gorman says she never expected to become a "public occasion poet," but at just 22-years-old the Los Angeles native has already performed everywhere from the Library of Congress to the observation deck at the Empire State Building. ![]() "I'd want to say 'girls can change the world,' but I cannot say so many letters in that statement, so I'd say things like 'young women can shape the globe.'" She had difficulty saying certain letters of the alphabet - the letter R was especially tough - which caused her to have to constantly "self-edit and self-police." Like Biden, who has spoken openly about having stuttered as a child, Gorman has had to overcome a childhood speech impediment of her own. Gorman is no stranger to having to change her work midstream. Would destroy our country if it meant delaying democracy.īut while democracy can be periodically delayed,įor while we have our eyes on the future, ![]() We've seen a force that would shatter our nation rather than share it, ![]()
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