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Audiences were captivated by @TheAmandaGorman's inaugural poem.

But the work itself has created an unexpected controversy. 

@doranypineda90 explains. 
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.@penguinrandom snatched up the poem for publication, and foreign publishers rushed to publish it abroad.

This is where the trouble started. 
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Translators were needed worldwide.

But last month, a translator ceased work on the project after criticism that a white author had been chosen to translate the work of a Black woman.

There's more:
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Some say we should interrogate literary diversity everywhere. Others worry about pressing U.S. notions of race on foreign readers.

Another translator gave a shocking quote to a newspaper about the matter: 
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Amanda Gorman left CNN’s Anderson Cooper speechless during their post-inauguration interview latimes.com/entertainment-…
Here's what Gorman studied before she recited her piece at the presidential inauguration  latimes.com/entertainment-…
Amanda Gorman says security guard questioned if she lived in her own building.

Here's what happened latimes.com/california/sto…
Here's what Amanda Gorman has been up to since the inauguration latimes.com/entertainment-…

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