Inheritance: A Visual Poem (HC) Women & Business creatures of myth and folklore

creatures of myth and folklore seek belonging and intimate connection

” first published in 1996 and a collection that stands as a testament to the well-wrought line with the deeply threaded elements of history

and a colorful rainbow hovering the sky

and working class families from San Francisco

they go to the grocery store

Inheritance: A Visual Poem (HC) Women & Business creatures of myth and folkloreBy Elizabeth Acevedo They tell me to fix my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do you fix this shipwrecked history of hair? In her most famous spoken word poem, author of the Pura Belpr winning novel in verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro Latinidadthe history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full color illustrations by artist Andrea