![]() Acevedo is a National Slam Champion, Beltway Grand Slam Champion, and the 2016 Women of the World Poetry Slam representative for Washington, D.C, where she lives and works. She has performed internationally and her poetry has been featured in Cosmopolitan, The Huffington Post and Teen Vogue. With over twelve years of performance experience, Acevedo has been a featured performer on BET and Mun2, as well as delivered several TED Talks. ![]() The first poetry/ verse written book I have read, I enjoyed trying something new. The Poet X is her debut novel and a National Book Award winner. The Poet X - WINNER OF THE CILIP CARNEGIE MEDAL 2019. And a slam poetry club that will pull those secrets into the spotlight.īecause in spite of a world that might not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to stay silent.ĮLIZABETH ACEVEDO was born and raised in New York City and her poetry is infused with Dominican bolero and her beloved city’s tough grit. When it comes to standing her ground in her Harlem neighbourhood, she lets her fists and her fierceness do the talking.īut X has secrets – her feelings for a boy in her bio class, and the notebook full of poems that she keeps under her bed. ![]() Xiomara has always kept her words to herself. ![]()
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