Title: The Poet X
Author: Elizabeth Acevedo
Genre: Poetry, Young Adult
This book was suggested to me by a patron - sometimes readers' advisory works the other direction as well.
It is about a young poet named Xiomara Batista who lives in Harlem. Her story is told through her poems. You can feel her joy, her angst, her frustration as she deals with body image issues, religious quandaries, familial pressures, and the throes of first love. It is raw slam poetry, brutal in its honesty and yet beautifully lyrical.
I would highly recommend listening to this as an audiobook to enjoy the author's delivery.
It is about a young poet named Xiomara Batista who lives in Harlem. Her story is told through her poems. You can feel her joy, her angst, her frustration as she deals with body image issues, religious quandaries, familial pressures, and the throes of first love. It is raw slam poetry, brutal in its honesty and yet beautifully lyrical.
I would highly recommend listening to this as an audiobook to enjoy the author's delivery.
- Sarah R.
