![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() In the interview, she says, “I think ‘Hamilton’ is such a great kind of American cultural piece of what it means to be a better country.”Īfter the Inauguration, Hamilton writer Lin Manuel Miranda expressed his excitement about her poem on Twitter, to which Gorman replied, confirming the two references. ![]() In an interview with Anderson Cooper, Gorman talked about her speech impediment and explained that she would try to sing along with the song “Aaron Burr, Sir” to help her with her pronunciation of the letter “r.” Her debut picture book, Change Sings, will be published in September 2021. Gorman not only used the musical as inspiration for the language used in the poem, but it also impacted her reading of it. The 22-year-old composed a poem, 'The Hill We Climb,' that acknowledges the recent insurrection attempt, but turns resolutely toward hope. The hill we climb If only we dare It’s because being American is more than a pride we inherit, it’s the past we step into and how we repair it We’ve seen a force that would shatter our. The special edition of her inaugural poem, The Hill We Climb, was published in March 2021 and debuted at 1 on the New York Times, USA Today, and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. This is another reference to Washington and the song “History Has Its Eyes on You.” The line “History Has Its Eyes on Me/You.” is used frequently throughout various songs in the musical.Īside from these lines being included, Hamilton played a huge role in the poem in another way. The second Hamilton reference comes a bit later in the poem in the line, “For while we have our eyes on the future, history has its eyes on us.” ![]()
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