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@AcevedoWrites

Afro-Dominicana | Womanist | Writer | She/Her. *All inquiries via email, please.*

Washington, DC
Joined August 2011
Born 15 February

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    I’m beyond honored and still reeling. Thank you for all the tweets and texts and congratulations. Thank you for all the good juju sent my way last night. Estoy emocionada but reading every message and tucking them into my heart. This is for us. 💗

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  2. Also, poor wasn't even trying to be quotable. This wasn't from and interview or article, just the kind of advice she gives over lunch! She didn't know I was frantically scribbling down her wisdom to return to later. 😂

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  3. I'm frustrated at what feels like an inability to flex in my WIP; a need to add more bells. & right on time I found on this quote from : “Let the book be the book. It doesn’t have to be a résumé. You don’t have to show them everything you can do in a single book.”

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    Jan 3

    What 2019 book are you most excited for? Make sure COLOR ME IN by is at the top of your list! Check out this Q&A with the author >>>

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    Jan 3

    Poets like and offer inspiration for this tenth-grade class to write their own work, reflecting on current social issues and their own experiences

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    Jan 3

    Finished 1st book of ‘19 award winning “The Poet X” Loved strong female lead -Xiomara aka Poet X or X. Early on she shares troubles people had pronouncing her name-story of my life. ¡Pa’lante siempre! Go for it!

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  7. Boosting! Appreciate this international giveaway!

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    Jan 2

    I am utterly incapable of hearing “let’s get down to business” without thinking “....TO DEFEAT THE HUNS”

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    Jan 2

    THREAD: CALLING ALL LATINX POETS: Submit your poems to the BreakBeat Poets Volume 4: LatiNEXT. the submission deadline is January 15, 2019. Below are answers to some frequently asked questions. Please RT

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    31 Dec 2018

    In 2018, a scrawny kid from the West side of Chi won the Kingsley Tufts, an NAACP Image Award and the LA Times Book Prize—and was a finalist for the Neudstadt Prize & the Pulitzer. She’s finally learned to sing this life out loud. And she loves you.

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    22 Dec 2018

    this new series is amazing. watch it at . its narrated by amara la negra. . brought to you by the one & only brilliant, beautiful game changer that is ❤

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    31 Dec 2018

    Once in a while you come across a thread that makes all the bullshit on here worthwhile. This is one.

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    WOKE BABY, a new picture book by , is a simple, fun way to introduce your youngest readers to social justice. Start reading now:

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    29 Dec 2018

    One way to understand your own condition is to write something and spend a long time revising it. In revising you teach yourself. You find your own information buried in your body. It is still alive until you are not. --Fanny Howe

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    28 Dec 2018
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    So just gone drop this gold and fade back? Mmmmmmhm. CC THE HATE U GIVE helped kick open the door for other YA books featuring black female leads.

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  19. Ya girl is freaking out! My novel is in the NMAAHC?!?!

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    27 Dec 2018
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