MahoganyBooks Front Row presents New York Times Bestselling author, Elizabeth Acevedo as she discusses her latest book, Clap When You Land with MahoganyBooks Co-Owner, Ramunda Young.

Elizabeth's  critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Poet X, won the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. She is also the recipient of the Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, the CILIP Carnegie Medal, and the Boston Globe-Hornbook Award. Additionally, she was honored with the 2019 Pure Belpré Author Award for celebrating, affirming, and portraying Latinx culture and experience.

Her books include, Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths (YesYes 2016), The Poet X (HarperCollins, 2018), & With The Fire On High (HarperCollins, 2019) and (Clap When You Land,  2020)

She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem, Cantomundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer’s Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion, and resides in Washington, DC with her love.

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Ramunda Young and her husband Derrick are owners/founders of the award-winning MahoganyBooks in Washington, DC  where they focus on books for, by, and about people of the African Diaspora.  Visit them at mahoganybooks.com

Elizabeth Acevedo Discusses Clap When You Land at MahoganyBooks