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The Poet X On Writing reveals an artistWinner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpr Award. "A story that will slam the power of poetry and love back into your heart." Laurie Halse Anderson, author of Speak and Chains The Poet X is the astonishing New York Times bestselling novel in verse by an award winning slam poet, about an Afro Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista