World Split Open: The Poetry of Adolescent Girlhood
IN The Poet X, the debut novel from National Poetry Slam Champion Elizabeth Acevedo, young heroine Xiomara arrives for her sophomore year of high school ready to do battle with the masses — in more ways than one. These “masses” include the Catholic church services her Dominican mother makes her attend, the adolescent baby fat […]
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