Inheritance
A Visual Poem
Elizabeth Acevedo
- They
- tell
- me
- to
- “fix”
- my
- hair.And
- by
- fix,
- they
- mean
- straighten,
- they
- mean
- whiten;but
- how
- do
- you
- fix
- this
- shipwreckedhistory
- of
- hair?In
- her
- most
- famous
- spoken-word
- poem,
- author
- of
- the
- Pura
- Belpré-winning
- novel-in-verse
- The
- Poet
- X
- Elizabeth
- Acevedo
- embraces
- all
- the
- complexities
- of
- Black
- hair
- and
- Afro-Latinidad—the
- history,
- pain,
- pride,
- and
- powerful
- love
- of
- that
- inheritance.Paired
- with
- full-color
- illustrations
- by
- artist
- Andrea
- Pippins
- in
- a
- format
- that
- will
- appeal
- to
- fans
- of
- Mahogany
- L.
- Browne’s
- Black
- Girl
- Magic
- or
- Jason
- Reynolds’s
- For
- Everyone,
- this
- poem
- can
- now
- be
- read
- in
- a
- vibrant
- package,
- making
- it
- the
- ideal
- gift,
- treasure,
- or
- inspiration
- for
- readers
- of
- any age.
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