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Evan Wang, this year's National Youth Poet Laureate, wants to use poetry to enact social change
Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Evan Wang, the first young man to be named the National Youth Poet Laureate by the literary group Urban Word.
His love for poetry began in his early teens, inspired by other past winners like Amanda Gorman. Now, he wants to find a way to use poetry to organize his community and enact social change.
This segment aired on December 18, 2025.