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SUMMARY:Author Talk with Elizabeth Acevedo
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DESCRIPTION:Learn about the power of poetry with Elizabeth Acevedo! In thi
 s exciting conversation & Q&A\, Acevedo will provide a short reading from 
 her National Book Award winning and New York Times bestselling novel-in-ve
 rse\, The Poet X. For teens and adults..\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.i
 nfo/event/11040304
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Poet X&nbsp\;is about an Afro-Latina h
 eroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara 
 Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. Ever 
 since her body grew into curves\, she has learned to let 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 pages of a leather note
 book\, reciting the words to herself like prayers&mdash\;especially after 
 she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman\, who her famil
 y 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 join her sch
 ool&rsquo\;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 thin
 king about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may n
 ot want to hear her\, Xiomara refuses to be silent.</p>\n<p>A virtual auth
 or talk you don&rsquo\;t want to miss&ndash\;come create out loud with Eli
 zabeth Acevedo! Register now!</p>\n<p>About the Author&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Eliz
 abeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling author of&nbsp\;The Poet X
 \, which won the National Book Award for Young People&rsquo\;s Literature\
 , the Michael L. Printz Award\, the Pura Belpr&eacute\; Award\, the Carneg
 ie medal\, the Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Award\, and the Walter Award.
  She is also the author of numerous other titles including&nbsp\;Family Lo
 re\;&nbsp\;With the Fire on High\,&nbsp\;which was named a best book of th
 e year by the New York Public Library\, NPR\, Publishers Weekly\, and Scho
 ol 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 C
 ave Canem\, Cantomundo\, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer&rsquo\;s
  Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion\, and resides in Washin
 gton\, DC with her husband.</p>\nhttps://lacountylibrary.libnet.info/event
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