Font size options
Increase or decrease the font size for this website by clicking on the 'A's.
Contrast options
Choose a color combination to give the most comfortable
contrast.
A virtual talk with Elizabeth Acevedo
VIRTUAL | After the event date, watch the talk any time through Library Speakers Consortium
In 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.
The Poet X 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 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 notebook, reciting the words to herself like prayers—especially after she catches feelings for a boy in her bio class named Aman, who her family can never know about.
With Mami’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 school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent.
A virtual author talk you don’t want to miss—come create out loud with Elizabeth Acevedo.
Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X, winner of numerous award including the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature and the Carnegie medal. She is also the author of numerous other award-winning titles including Family Lore, With the Fire on High, and Clap When You Land. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion, and resides in Washington, DC.
Explore Elizabeth Acevedo in our collection
This live, virtual event is presented by BPL's digital resource, Library Speakers Consortium, which curates virtual presentations with top authors from around the world.
Register to attend this virtual talk live and submit questions in advance for the author.
