In this exciting author conversation and Q &\;A\, Acevedo will provide a short reading from her National Book Awar d winning and \;New York Times \;bestselling novel-in-ver se\, \;The Poet X \;serving as the backdrop to this amazi ng chat!
\nThe Poet X \;is about an Afro-Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batist a 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 fierc eness do the talking. But Xiomara has plenty she wants to say\, and she po urs all her frustration and passion onto the pages of a leather notebook\, reciting the words to herself like prayers&mdash\;especially after she ca tches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman\, who her family can never know about.
\nWith Mami&rsquo\;s determination to force her da ughter to obey the laws of the church\, Xiomara understands that her thoug hts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school&rs quo\;s slam poetry club\, she doesn&rsquo\;t know how she could ever atten d without her mami finding out. But she still can&rsquo\;t stop thinking a bout performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not wan t to hear her\, Xiomara refuses to be silent.
\nA virtual author tal k you don&rsquo\;t want to miss&ndash\;come create out loud with Elizabeth Acevedo! Register now!
\nAbout the Author: \;E lizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling author of \;The Poet X\, which won the National Book Award for Young People&rsquo\;s Literature\, the Michael L. Printz Award\, the Pura Belpré\; Award\ , the Carnegie medal\, the Boston Globe&ndash\;Horn Book Award\, and the W alter Award. She is also the author of numerous other titles including&nbs p\;Family Lore\; \;With the Fire on High\, \;which was na med a best book of the year by the New York Public Library\, NPR\, Publish ers Weekly\, and School Library Journal\; and \;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 i n the Callaloo Writer&rsquo\;s Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Ch ampion\, and resides in Washington\, DC with her husband.
\nThe views expressed by presenters are their own and their appearance i n a program does not imply an endorsement of them or any entity they repre sent. Reference to any specific product or entity does not constitute an e ndorsement or recommendation by Dedham Public Library.
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