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\nIn this exciting author conversation and Q&\;A\ , Elizabeth Acevedo provides 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.
\nThe Poet X \;is about an Afro-Latina heroine w ho tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever since he r body grew into curves\, she has learned to let her fists and her fiercen ess do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say\, and she pour s all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook\, r eciting the words to herself like prayers&mdash\;especially after she catc hes feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman\, who her family can ne ver know about.
\nWith Mami&rsquo\;s determination to force her daug hter to obey the laws of the church\, Xiomara understands that her thought s are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school&rsqu o\;s slam poetry club\, she doesn&rsquo\;t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can&rsquo\;t stop thinking abo ut performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her\, Xiomara refuses to be silent.
\nA virtual author talk you don&rsquo\;t want to miss&mdash\;come create out loud with Elizabeth A cevedo.
\nElizabeth Acevedo is the Ne w York Times bestselling author of The Poet X\, winner of nu merous award including the National Book Award for Young People&rsquo\;s L iterature and the Carnegie medal. She is also the author of numerous other award-winning titles including \;Family Lore\, With the Fire on H igh\, and \;Clap When You Land. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion\, and resides in Washington\, DC.
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\nThis live\, virtual event is presented by BPL's digital resource\, \;Library Speakers Consortium\, which curate s virtual presentations with top authors from around the world. \;
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