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SUMMARY:Learning the Power of Poetry with Bestselling Author Elizabeth Ace
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DESCRIPTION:You're invited to learn about the power of poetry with Elizabe
 th Acevedo! Acevedo will provide a short reading from her National Book Aw
 ard winning & New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse\, The Poet X servi
 ng as the backdrop to this amazing chat!.\nhttps://centralarkansaslibrarys
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p><em>The Poet X</em>&nbsp\;is about an Afro
 -Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth.
  Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborho
 od. Ever since her body grew into curves\, she has learned to let her fist
 s and her fierceness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to s
 ay\, and she pours all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a lea
 ther notebook\, reciting the words to herself like prayers&mdash\;especial
 ly 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 determination 
 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 invited to joi
 n her school&rsquo\;s slam poetry club\, she doesn&rsquo\;t know how she c
 ould ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can&rsquo\;t 
 stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world t
 hat may not want to hear her\, Xiomara refuses to be silent.</p>\n<p>A vir
 tual author talk you don&rsquo\;t want to miss&ndash\;come create out loud
  with Elizabeth Acevedo! Register now!</p>\n<p><strong>About the Author:</
 strong> Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling author of&nbsp
 \;<em>The Poet X</em>\, which won the National Book Award for Young People
 &rsquo\;s Literature\, the Michael L. Printz Award\, the Pura Belpr&eacute
 \; Award\, the Carnegie medal\, the Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Award\, 
 and the Walter Award. She is also the author of numerous other titles incl
 uding&nbsp\;<em>Family Lore\;&nbsp\;With the Fire on High</em>\,&nbsp\;whi
 ch was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library\, NPR\
 , Publishers Weekly\, and School Library Journal\; and&nbsp\;<em>Clap When
  You Land</em>\, a Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus f
 inalist. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem\, Cantomundo\, and a part
 icipant in the Callaloo Writer&rsquo\;s Workshops. She is a National Poetr
 y Slam Champion\, and resides in Washington\, DC with her husband.</p>\nht
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