Online Author Event with Elizabeth Acevedo

Program Type:

Authors & Writing, Book Discussion, Live Virtual

Age Group:

Teens, Adults

Program Description

Event Details

You’re invited to learn about the power of poetry with Elizabeth Acevedo! In this exciting author conversation and Q&A, Acevedo will provide 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! A virtual author talk you don’t want to miss–come create out loud with Elizabeth Acevedo. Register today!

This event is part of our Summer Reading Program.

Use the attached activity sheet to create your own poetry!

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER ON THE ONLINE AUTHOR EVENTS WEBSITE.

To see all upcoming author events visit the online author events website.

About the Author 

Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times-bestselling author of The Poet X, which won the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Carnegie medal, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the Walter Award. She is also the author of numerous other titles including Family Lore; With the Fire on High, which was named a best book of the year by the New York Public Library, NPR, Publishers Weekly, and School Library Journal; and Clap When You Land, a Boston Globe–Horn Book Honor book and a Kirkus finalist. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem, Cantomundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer’s Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion, and resides in Washington, DC with her husband.

A recording will also be available for later viewing on the online author events website. This event is part of the Lee County Library System's Online Author Events Series, made possible by the generous support of the following sponsors: Friends of the Bonita Springs Library, Friends of the Pine Island Public Library, Friends of the Cape Coral Library, Friends of the South County Regional Library, Inc. and the Johann Fust Library Foundation.

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