Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X was the winner of the 2018 National Book Award in America, and it’s easy to see why this powerful and unique novel stood out from the crowd. Acevedo is an ...

Poet, author, and curator, Poetic X is a Shreveport native with a sincere passion and appreciation for poetry, arts and ...

National Young Person’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Acevedo’s “The Poet X,” a National Book Award-winner and a New York Times best-seller, follows the story of Xiomara, a rising tenth grader ...

“The Poet X” by Elizabeth Acevedo Elizabeth Acevedo is a Dominican-American poet, author, and performer whose work can only be described as electric; her work exudes creativity ...

Rated Poetry and Speak Poetry Festival. On April 25, starting at 6:30 p.m., Poetic X’s Speak Poetry Fest invites the community to enjoy a screening of the documentary, Versified: Rated Poetry, then ...

The Poet X, her 2018 debut novel in verse about a teenage poet in Harlem, won the National Book Award; she followed it up with two more YA best sellers, With the Fire on High in 2019 and Clap ...

Poet, author, and curator, Poetic X is a Shreveport native with a sincere passion and appreciation for poetry, arts and education. He is a graduate of Booker T. Washington High School and an alumni of ...