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SUMMARY:Virtual Author Talk: Learning the Power of Poetry
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DESCRIPTION:You’re invited to learn about the power of poetry with 
 Elizabeth Acevedo! In this exciting author conversation and Q&A\, Acevedo 
 will provide a short reading from her National Book Award winning and New 
 York Times bestselling novel-in-verse\, The Poet X serving as the backdrop
  to this amazing chat!.\nhttps://indianapolis.libnet.info/event/10474242
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>Elizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X&nbsp\;is ab
 out an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powe
 rful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem
  neighborhood. Ever since her body grew into curves\, she has learned to l
 et her fists and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she
  wants to say\, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pag
 es of a leather notebook\, reciting the words to herself like prayers&mdas
 h\;especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named 
 Aman\, who her family can never know about.</p>\n<p>With Mami&rsquo\;s det
 ermination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church\, Xiomara 
 understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is inv
 ited to join her school&rsquo\;s slam poetry club\, she doesn&rsquo\;t kno
 w how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still ca
 n&rsquo\;t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face o
 f a world that may not want to hear her\, Xiomara refuses to be silent.</p
 >\n<p>A virtual author talk you don&rsquo\;t want to miss&ndash\;come crea
 te out loud with Elizabeth Acevedo! Register now!</p>\n<p><strong>About th
 e Author:</strong> Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling aut
 hor of&nbsp\;The Poet X\, which won the National Book Award for Young Peop
 le&rsquo\;s Literature\, the Michael L. Printz Award\, the Pura Belpr&eacu
 te\; Award\, the Carnegie medal\, the Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Award\
 , and the Walter Award. She is also the author of numerous other titles in
 cluding&nbsp\;Family Lore\;&nbsp\;With the Fire on High\,&nbsp\;which was 
 named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library\, NPR\, Publi
 shers Weekly\, and School Library Journal\; and&nbsp\;Clap When You Land\,
  a Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist. Acevedo
  has been a fellow of Cave Canem\, Cantomundo\, and a participant in the C
 allaloo Writer&rsquo\;s Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion\
 , and resides in Washington\, DC with her husband.</p>\n<p><strong>Disclai
 mer:&nbsp\;</strong></p>\n<p>The views expressed by presenters are their o
 wn and their appearance in a program does not imply an endorsement of them
  or any entity they represent. Reference to any specific product or entity
  does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by Indianapolis Publ
 ic Library.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\nhttps://indianapolis.libnet.info/event/10
 474242
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