Inheritance: A Visual Poem

Inheritance: A Visual PoemThey tell me to fix my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do you fix this shipwrecked history of hair? In her most famous spoken word poem, author of the Pura Belpr winning novel in verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro Latinidadthe history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format that

una amante de la diversión

"--Jasmine Guillory

Jaquira Díaz’s memoir provides a vivid portrait of a life lived in (and beyond) the borders of Puerto Rico and its complicated history—and reads as electrically as a novel

Suelo decir pequenas mentiras

and was tireless in her goal of preserving Afro Caribbean traditions and culture

the Dancing Devil

Browne’s Black Girl Magic or Jason Reynolds’s For Everyone

¿Dará resultado su protesta

Rafael has dreams to someday play Major League Baseball

When they count their lunch money and discover they don’t have enough for tacos

Through this adaptation

New York Times bestselling author of Hood Feminism