Elizabeth Acevedo, rising star of American poetry, at NYS Writers Institute Thursday, Sept. 6

Acevedo, a former National Poetry Slam Champion, will read from her work and discuss the writing process

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ALBANY, NY (08/30/2018) (readMedia)-- EVENT DETAILS:

Elizabeth Acevedo, rising star of American poetry and bestselling YA novelist, will visit the NYS Writers Institute to read from her works and participate in a Q&A at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in the Performing Arts Center's Recital Hall on the University at Albany uptown campus. Earlier that same day, Acevedo will give a craft talk at 4:15 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room in the university's Campus Center.

Free and open to the public, the programs are cosponsored by the NYS Writers Institute, the UAlbany Student Association and Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

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Elizabeth Acevedo, the daughter of Dominican immigrants, is a National Poetry Slam Champion (2014) and author of the New York Times bestselling young adult novel, The Poet X (2018), the story of an Afro-Latina teenager growing up in New York City. She confronts prejudice and sexual harassment while discovering her voice and her literary ambitions.

Acevedo will visit the NYS Writers Institute to read from her works and participate in a Q&A at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 6, in the Performing Arts Center's Recital Hall on the University at Albany uptown campus. Earlier that same day, Acevedo will give a craft talk at 4:15 p.m. in the Multi-Purpose Room in the university's Campus Center.

Acevedo's viral poetry videos about oppressive beauty standards and rape culture have been showcased by Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, Latina Magazine and PBS. In an interview with PBS NewsHour, Acevedo said, "We need to change the way men approach women. We need to change the conversation of consent, of objectifying women's bodies."

The programs, free and open to the public, are cosponsored by the UAlbany Student Association and Department of Latin American and Caribbean Studies.

School Library Journal called The Poet X "magnificently crafted," and bestselling YA author Jason Reynolds called it, "an incredibly potent debut."

Acevedos' poems have been published or are forthcoming in Poetry, Puerto Del Sol, Callaloo, The Notre Dame Review, and others. Acevedo is a Cave Canem Fellow, Cantomundo Fellow, and participant of the Callaloo Writer's Read Workshop.

Read more and watch videos of Acevedo reading her work at https://www.albany.edu/writers-inst/webpages4/archives/18FallElizabethAcevedo.html

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