R241. The Path To Rad Empowerment: YA Lit Today, Sponsored by Blue Flower Arts
Thursday, March 5, 2020
1:45 pm to 3:00 pm
Participants
Marilyn Nelson is a recipient of the Ruth Lilly Prize, the Frost Medal, the NSK Neustadt Award, and the NCTE Poetry Award, and a former chancellor of the Academy and former poet in residence at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine. Her most recent books are My Seneca Village and American Ace.
Carrie Fountain is the author of poetry collections Burn Lake and Instant Winner, as well as a novel, I'm Not Missing, and a forthcoming kids' book, The Poem Forest. She is writer-in-residence at St. Edward's and hosts NPR's poetry podcast This is Just to Say. She is the 2019 Texas poet laureate.
Elizabeth Acevedo, a National Poetry Slam Champion, received the 2018 National Book Award for her New York Times bestselling novel, The Poet X. Acevedo holds a BA in performing arts from the George Washington University and an MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland.