Acevedo's latest book, "The Poet X," became available this week. This is for us writers, us readers, us girls who never saw ourselves on bookshelves, but we're still writing poems when we talk ...

Her poetry often deals with topics like gender, race and politics. She continues to explore these themes in a new picture book Girls on the Rise, which is a poem illustrated by Loveis Wise.

CHICAGO -- Chicago writer Leslé Honoré's poem "Brown Girl, Brown Girl" has inspired countless of young girls to dream big. She first wrote the poem in 2016 but recently made updates when Kamala ...

CHICAGO -- Chicago writer Leslé Honoré's poem "Brown Girl, Brown Girl" has inspired countless of young girls to dream big. She first wrote the poem in 2016 but recently made updates when Kamala ...