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The Poet X
by Elizabeth Acevedo
This book makes me want to write poetry. I've just finished [b:Shout|40519254|Shout|Laurie Halse Anderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1536542610s/40519254.jpg|62882044] by [a:Laurie Halse Anderson|10003|Laurie Halse Anderson|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1376224335p2/10003.jpg], so apparently I'm on a big poetry kick lately.
Let me just say that I LOVE Xiomara. Her voice is strong and on fire, even when she isn't sure of herself. She wrestles with the same questions that many of us do who come from a fundamentalist religious background. (Even though Xiomara's family is Catholic, the way her mother practices reminds me very much of my own fundamentalist Baptist experiences). As a teen, I would have loved her questions of faith, but would have been a bit scared by them. As a teen, I would have related with her so much about her complicated relationship with her mother and her writing as an outlet for escape. As an adult, reading this is cathartic. I didn't realize how much I needed it. This is a book about faith and healing and finding identity; something I think we all do for the entire course of our lives, not just in our teens.
Xiomara's English teacher reminds me to be a better teacher. Xiomara herself reminds me that I have healing left to do as well. Time to go pick up my pen and my notebook. Thanks, Poet X, for reminding me that I can.
5/5 Stars!
Let me just say that I LOVE Xiomara. Her voice is strong and on fire, even when she isn't sure of herself. She wrestles with the same questions that many of us do who come from a fundamentalist religious background. (Even though Xiomara's family is Catholic, the way her mother practices reminds me very much of my own fundamentalist Baptist experiences). As a teen, I would have loved her questions of faith, but would have been a bit scared by them. As a teen, I would have related with her so much about her complicated relationship with her mother and her writing as an outlet for escape. As an adult, reading this is cathartic. I didn't realize how much I needed it. This is a book about faith and healing and finding identity; something I think we all do for the entire course of our lives, not just in our teens.
Xiomara's English teacher reminds me to be a better teacher. Xiomara herself reminds me that I have healing left to do as well. Time to go pick up my pen and my notebook. Thanks, Poet X, for reminding me that I can.
5/5 Stars!