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Teens, explore your creative voice with in-person poetry writing at the Library, plus a virtual author visit from the acclaimed Elizabeth Acevedo. Light lunch will be provided.
Learn about the power of poetry and explore writing your own. Watch a virtual author talk with Elizabeth Acevedo. She'll read from her National Book Award winning and New York Times bestselling novel-in-verse, The Poet X.
This is a hybrid event for teens, with both virtual and in-person access. Watch with your friends and write poetry in-person at Smith Library. Or watch the Virtual Author Talk independently at home. Click the blue "register" button to submit questions for Elizabeth, or to sign up for independent watching.
In The Poet X, Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood. With Mami’s determination to force her daughter to obey the laws of the church, Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself. So when she is invited to join her school’s slam poetry club, she doesn’t know how she could ever attend without her mami finding out. But she still can’t stop thinking about performing her poems. Because in the face of a world that may not want to hear her, Xiomara refuses to be silent.
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.
Sponsored by the Friends of the New Orleans Public Library.
Mon, Jul 08 | 10:00AM to 7:00PM |
Tue, Jul 09 | 10:00AM to 7:00PM |
Wed, Jul 10 | 10:00AM to 7:00PM |
Thu, Jul 11 | 10:00AM to 7:00PM |
Fri, Jul 12 | 10:00AM to 5:00PM |
Sat, Jul 13 | 10:00AM to 5:00PM |
Sun, Jul 14 | Closed |
Robert E. Smith Library offers a wide collection of books, music, and movies, and hosts many programs for children, teens, and adults.
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Friday – Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday Closed
Monday – Thursday 10am – 7pm
Friday – Saturday 10am – 5pm
Sunday Closed