The Poet X The Courier Journal fundamentally deconstructs the idea that

fundamentally deconstructs the idea that Africans in America are a monolith--instead it unlocks the startling range of experiences and ideas that have always existed within the community of Blackness

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Xiomara understands that her thoughts are best kept to herself

The Poet X The Courier Journal fundamentally deconstructs the idea thatWinner of the National Book Award for Young Peoples Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, and the Pura Belpr Award! Fans of Jacqueline Woodson, Meg Medina, and Jason Reynolds will fall hard for this astonishing New York Times bestselling novel in verse by an award winning slam poet, about an Afro Latina heroine who tells her story with blazing words and powerful truth. Xiomara Batista feels unheard and unable to hide in her Harlem neighborhood.