by Liz | Apr 9, 2019 | News, Updates
Can’t get enough news on With the Fire on High? Bustle has just announced tour dates alongside an excerpt from the National Book Award Winner’s highly anticipated second novel. You can read the excerpt and pre-order your copy of...
by Liz | Apr 2, 2019 | Awards
The Poet X continues has done it again. The book has been nominated for a Lambda Literary Award in LGBTQ Children’s/Young Adult Literature. The 31st Annual Lammys will take place on June 3, 2019. The celebration continues with a New York City Book Award win!!...
by Liz | Mar 18, 2019 | Awards, News
The Poet X has won the Pura Belpré award, presented annually to a Latinx writer whose work best portrays, affirms, and celebrates the Latinx cultural experience in an outstanding work of literature for children and youth; the Michael L. Printz award for excellence in...
by Liz | Dec 13, 2018 | Media, News
The Poet X received a lot of love this year! In addition to many award nominations and wins, it’s appeared on numerous 2018 best-of lists, including: The New York Times Book Review’s Notable Children’s Books Kirkus Reviews’ Best YA Books About...
by Liz | Nov 15, 2018 | Awards, News
The National Book Awards were established in 1950 to celebrate the best writing in America. Since 1989, they have been overseen by the National Book Foundation, a nonprofit organization whose mission is to celebrate the best of American literature, to expand its...