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Girl of the year. 2017: Gabriela volume 1
Girl of the year. 2017 Gabriela volume 1
Girl of the year. Gabriela volume 1
Girl of the year. 2017 Gabriela volume 1
Girl of the year. Gabriela volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 6
Language
English
Description
Gabby loves expressing herself--especially in the dance studio--but lately, poetry is becoming her art from of choice. Gabby struggles with stuttering, and spoken word poetry helps her speech flow more freely. When the city threatens to close her beloved community arts center, Gabby is detemined to find a way to help. Can she rally her community and harness the power of her words to save the community arts center?
4) Homie: poems
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Homie is Danez Smith's magnificent anthem about the saving grace of friendship. Rooted in the loss of one of Smith's close friends, this book comes out of the search for joy and intimacy within a nation where both can seem scarce and getting scarcer. In poems of rare power and generosity, Smith acknowledges that in a country overrun by violence, xenophobia, and disparity, and in a body defined by race, queerness, and diagnosis, it can be hard to...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A fascinating history of the art form that has transformed the cultural landscape, by one of its influential practitioners, an award-winning poet, professor, and slam champion In 2009, when he was twenty years old, Joshua Bennett was invited to perform a spoken word poem for Barack and Michelle Obama, at the same White House "Poetry Jam" where Lin Manuel-Miranda declaimed the opening bars of a work-in-progress that would soon revolutionize American...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"In her publishing debut, internationally acclaimed performance poet Sophia Thakur takes you on an intimate journey through love, loss, sacrifice, and self-discovery. In four parts -- titled Grow, Wait, Break, and Grow Again -- she shares her raw self and gives voice to experiences that connect people, inspiring readers to explore the tendencies of the heart." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Smith's unflinching poetry addresses race, class, sexuality, faith, social justice, mortality, and the challenges of living HIV positive at the intersection of black and queer identity. The collection opens with a heartrending sequence that imagines an afterlife for black men shot by police, a place where suspicion, violence, and grief are forgotten and replaced with the safety, love, and longevity they deserved on earth. "Dear White America," which...
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"An anthropologist and his daughter travel to Kermunkachunk, the capitol of Chalazia, to conduct research for an ethnography on the Chalazian Mafia Faction (a splinter group of the Chalazian Children's Theater).The book takes place over the course of a night at the Bar Pulpo, Kermunkachunk's #1 spoken-word karaoke bar, where conversations are actually being read from multiple karaoke screens arrayed around the barroom. Moreover, it's Thursday, "Father/Daughter...
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