Book bans were on the rise in the 2023-24 school year–sometimes for understandable reasons, sometimes not.
Tag Archives: Amanda Gorman
Unexpected Book Bans
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "The Hille We Climb", Anne Frank, banned books, Better Living through Literature, censorship, Charlotte's Webb, Diary of a Young Girl, E. B. White, Edgar Rice Burroughs, freedom of speech, Harriet the Spy, Harry Potter, J. K. Rowling, James and the Giant Peach, Louise Fitzhugh, Maurice Sendak, Maus, Roald Dahl, Robin Bates, Tarzan, Trumpism, Twelfth Night, Where the Wild Things Are, William Shakespeare Comments closed
Gorman Dares Us to Dream Together
Amanda Gorman’s Democratic National Convention poem celebrated an all-inclusive vision of America.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Dream Together", American Dream, Democratic National Convention, Kamala Harris Comments closed
Thoughts on Book Bans
Books are unsettling, which is why they are often banned. But we need to be unsettled to get a handle on the chaos that confronts us.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Hill We Climb", Allison Bechdel, Beloved, Better Living through Literature, Book banning, Circle, David Eggers, Forever, Fun Home, Judy Blume, Lord of the Flies, Robin Bates, Romeo and Juliet, Stephen Chbosky, To Kill a Mockingbird, Toni Morrison, William Golding, William Shakespeare Comments closed
In Censoring Gorman, We Censor Hope
Buckling to rightwing pressure, a school has banned Amanda Gorman’s “Hill We Climb” from elementary students. My 8-year-old grandson loved it.
March Madness Is Divinest Sense (Sort of)
Having a March Madness bracket for poems provided excitement for kids and enlightenment for this teacher.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Gate A-4", "Hill We Climb", "Still I Rise", "Those Winter Sundays", "Two-Headed Calf", "World Is a Beautiful Place", Laura Gilpin, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, March Madness, Maria Konnikova, Maya Angelou, Naomi Shihab Nye, Robert Hayden Comments closed
A Poem Overshadows Super Bowl
Amanda Gorman’s Inauguration and Super Bowl Poems are bringing back occasional poetry.
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The City on the Hill Requires Climbing
Amanda’s Gorman’s “Hill We Climb” provides an African American slant to Winthrop’s “city on a hill” image.
Posted in Uncategorized Also tagged "Mother to Son", "Hill We Climb", Biden inauguration, city on a hill, I Have a Dream speech, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King Comments closed
