In this week's episode, we discuss the work of Elizabeth Acevedo, a Dominican-American poet and author. She is the author of The Poet X, With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land. The Poet X is a New York Times Bestseller, National Book Award Winner, and Carnegie Medal winner. This episode includes an excerpt from Acevedo's live performance of her poem "Afro Latina."<a rel="payment" href="https://getlit.org/donate/">Support the show</a><a href='https://www.getlit.org/donate'>Support the show</a>

In this week's episode, we discuss the work of Elizabeth Acevedo, a Dominican-American poet and author. She is the author of The Poet X, With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land. The Poet X is a New York Times Bestseller, National Book Award Winner, and Carnegie Medal winner. This episode includes an excerpt from Acevedo's live performance of her poem "Afro Latina." Support the show Support the show

In this week's episode, we discuss the work of Elizabeth Acevedo, a Dominican-American poet and author. She is the author of The Poet X, With the Fire on High and Clap When You Land. The Poet X is a New York Times Bestseller, National Book Award Winner, and Carnegie Medal winner. This episode includes an excerpt from Acevedo's live performance of her poem "Afro Latina."<a href="https://getlit.org/donate/" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a><a href="https://www.getlit.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer">Support the show</a>

Elizabeth Acevedo | "Afro Latina"

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A weekly podcast focusing on all things poetic, poetry and poets. Each week we will feature a poet and their poem. We will be highlighting classic poets from our In-School Anthology, sharing brief bios on the poet and a spoken word reading of one of their poems. We will also be introducing contemporary poets from the greater poetry community and our own Get Lit poets into the podcast space.

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