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Film, Video Elizabeth Acevedo: 2018 National Book Festival

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Title

  • Elizabeth Acevedo: 2018 National Book Festival

Summary

  • Elizabeth Acevedo discusses "The Poet X" at the 2018 Library of Congress National Book Festival in Washington, D.C.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • National Book Festival (U.S.), sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2018-09-01.

Headings

  • -  Literature
  • -  National Book Festival, literature, fiction, teens

Notes

  • -  Classification: Language and Literature.
  • -  Elizabeth Acevedo.
  • -  Recorded on 2018-09-01.
  • -  Kids, Families.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  National Poetry Slam winner Elizabeth Acevedo lives in Washington, D.C. Her poetry collections are "Beastgirl & Other Myths" and "Medusa Reads La Negra's Palm." Her new book, "The Poet X" (HarperTeen), is a New York Times best-seller, a novel written in verse. Acevedo has a B.A. from George Washington University and an M.F.A. from the University of Maryland. She is a Cave Canem Fellow and has participated in the Callaloo Creative Writing Workshop.

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  • 1 online resource

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021692274

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  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. Elizabeth Acevedo:National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-01, 2018. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692274/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & National Book Festival, U. S. (2018) Elizabeth Acevedo:National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-01. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692274/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and U.S National Book Festival. Elizabeth Acevedo:National Book Festival. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -09-01, 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021692274/>.