#amanda-gorman

#amanda-gorman

This past week, a complaint from a single parent in Florida led to a poem by Amanda Gorman being banned from Bob Graham Education Center in Miami Lakes.Not just any poem: The parent took issue with Gorman's "The Hill We Climb," which she recited at Joe Biden's presidential inauguration, making her the youngest inaugural poet in the country's history.

Amanda Gorman says she wrote "The Hill We Climb" which she read at President Biden's inauguration "so that all young people could see themselves in a historical moment."Gorman is seen here in February, at the Grammy Awards.Frazer Harrison/Getty Images Amanda Gorman's poetry has heralded a presidential inauguration and a U.N. General Assembly but access to it is now restricted at a Miami-Dade County school, the latest casualty in the fight over library books.

A 24-year-old Pennsylvania woman who barged into then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office during the January 6, 2021, US Capitol riot was sentenced Thursday to three years in prison after a federal judge ridiculed the idea she was a little girl.Riley Williams was convicted in November of several counts including resisting or impeding an officer, civil disorder, and disorderly conduct in the Capitol building and grounds.

may be out, but books-whether through audio or good ol' fashioned print-are always in.Here's some proof: more than five million items were Espresso martinis and spherical furniture borrowed, downloaded, or streamed from the DC Public Library in 2022.Meanwhile, out in the 'burbs, Fairfax County Public Library says it loaned more than 10 million items, while Prince George's County Memorial Library says it saw a 45.6 percent increase in the usage of physical materials last year (and a 455 percent increase in ebook/audiobook usage between 2016 and 2022).

Beyonce leads the 2023 Grammy race with nine nominations.The singer's haul of latest nods makes her the most nominated artist ever, tying with husband Jay-Z, both scoring 88 nominations throughout their careers.Her genre-spanning album Renaissance is up for album of the year while hit song Break My Soul is up for both song and record of the year.