Poetry in motion

When writer Clover Hope interviewed Amanda Gorman for this issue’s cover story, she found the poet to be “sharp, cerebral and intentional.” Hope adds: “Almost every sentence she speaks could be framed, which is a very special gift.” Going into their interview, she wondered how Gorman was navigating her newfound fame. “There’s tension whenever someone is christened as a new voice, and I wanted to explore that,” Hope says. Photographer Cass Bird captured Gorman, styled by Jason Bolden, at the Stahl House, a midcentury Los Angeles landmark designed by architect Pierre Koenig. “The location was the other character: simple but bold,” says Bolden, who works with Gorman frequently. “This helped me lean into simple yet strong frocks.” On set, “the energy was vibrant and fun,” Bolden remembers. “Amanda laughed most of the time when she wasn’t being the DJ!”

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