American poet Amanda Gorman reads a poem during the 59th Presidential Inauguration of President Joe Biden. Patrick Semansky/Pool/AFP Poetry helped Amanda Gorman overcome her speech impediment, she ...

"As an adult, when I went back into that as a meditation, I realized that it was having a tremendous effect on my ability to articulate and speak," the artist tells PEOPLE. Tricia Despres is a writer ...

President Joe Biden inspired millions of Americans with speech impediments during his inauguration. Two of the stars of the show, President Joe Biden and youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman have ...

Shaylee Scheumack has competed in the Miss Victoria pageant since she was little, and with each year the 13-year-old said she’s grown more confident, so much so that competing has helped her work ...

“Did you forget your name?” someone asked me at a networking event for marketing professionals a few years ago after it took me almost a minute to say it. “No, I stutter,” I politely replied. “Oh my ...

“Wheel of Fortune” host Pat Sajak is facing backlash after he mocked a contestant’s speech impediment on Monday’s episode of the game show. The incident happened during the episode’s player ...

Amanda Gorman says her speech impediment is anything but. The Los Angeles-born poet, who became an overnight sensation after reading her poem “The Hill We Climb” at President Biden’s inauguration in ...

Amanda Gorman refuses to let anything hold her back. The poet laureate who stunned America with her poem “The Hill We Climb,” at Joe Biden’s inauguration sat down with Oprah Winfrey to discuss how her ...

LOS ANGELES — It’s a point that bears repeating. Silencing a stutter is a matter of pitting mind over mouth, according to Marcus Hill. That’s what the 20-year-old did to become the country’s top ...

The breakout star of yesterday’s inauguration ceremony wasn’t the new president or vice president, nor was it Lady Gaga. Arguably, it was 22-year-old Amanda Gorman, a Harvard graduate and the first ...

A woman is going viral after sharing the back story of when Yard House workers made her uncomfortable after assuming her speech impediment meant she was drunk. The original video has more than 1.4 ...

Amanda Gorman has a superpower, and it's her voice. While many discovered the 23-year-old's talent when she recited a poem at President Joe Biden's inauguration, Gorman has been strengthening her ...