EditorialKeisha Thompson at the Royal Exchange Theatre, where she was commissioned to write a poem about its roots in slavery, in Manchester, England, June 21, 2023. (Jack Roe/The New York Times)
EditorialThe composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey, right, who wrote the music for “Be Holding,” during a rehearsal for the show inside a gym at Girard College in Philadelphia, May 26, 2023. (Rachel Wisniewski/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAmanda Gorman recites her poem "The Hill We Climb" at President Joe Biden's inauguration on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 20, 2021. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times)
EditorialAnt & Dec post box topper by Yarnsy In honour of Britain Get Talking with Mind and Ant & Decs Saturday Night Takeaway., Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK - 24 Feb 2023
EditorialPriscilla Presley reads a poem she wrote to her daughter Lisa Marie during the memorial service for Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023. (Houston Cofield/The New York Times)
EditorialA poem written by Ashley Valentine’s brother, Marqus, who died from a stroke caused by sickle cell disease, on the back of a hospital cafeteria receipt during a stay in 2021, at their parents’ home in Lisle, Ill., Dec. 26, 2022. (Mustafa Hussain/The New York Times)
EditorialAudience members react to a poem being read by Shakeel Azmi during the Urdu poetry festival Jashn-e-Rekhta, in New Delhi on Dec. 3, 2022. (Saumya Khandelwal/The New York Times)