Despierta. Un llamado poético por la justicia / Woke: A Young Poets Call to Just i ce

Illustrated by Theodore Taylor III
Foreword by Jason Reynolds
Una colección de poemas para inspirar a niñas y niños a mantenerse despiertos ante la defensa de los derechos civiles.

Históricamente, las y los poetas han estado a la vanguardia de los movimientos sociales. Despierta es una colección de poemas escritos por mujeres de color que reflejan la alegría y la pasión de la lucha por la justicia social. Se abordan temas que van desde la discriminación hasta la empatía, y desde la aceptación hasta sentirse libre para expresar una opinión.

Con el emotivo y brillante arte de Theodore Taylor y la pluma de Mahogany Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo y Olivia Gatwood, los pequeños se sentirán inspirados a crear sus propios poemas para expresar sus sentimientos sobre la justicia y la injusticia.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A collection of poems to inspire kids to stay woke and become a new generation of activists.

Historically poets have been on the forefront of social movements. Woke is a collection of poems by women of color that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.

With Theodore Taylor’s bright, emotional art and writting from Mahogany Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo and Olivia Gatwood, kids will be inspired to create their own art and poems to express how they see justice and injustice.
Mahogany L. Browne is a writer, an organizer, and an educator. She is the author of several poetry collections for adults, including Kissing Caskets and #Dear Twitter. Her books for children and teenagers include Black Girl Magic and Woke Baby, the companion book to Woke. She is the artistic director of Urban Word NYC and has received literary fellowships from Agnes Gund, AIR Serenbe, Cave Canem, Poets House, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. mobrowne.com

Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Poet X and With the Fire On High. She is a winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. She is a National Poetry Slam champion and holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland. She lives in Washington, DC, with her partner. acevedowrites.com

Olivia Gatwood has received international recognition for her poetry, performances, and work as an educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery. She is the author of the poetry chapbook New American Best Friend and has had her work featured on MTV, HBO, and BBC, among others. Her poems have appeared in such publications as Muzzle, Winter Tangerine, Poetry City, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and The Missouri Review. She is from Albuquerque, New Mexico. oliviagatwood.com
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Una colección de poemas para inspirar a niñas y niños a mantenerse despiertos ante la defensa de los derechos civiles.

Históricamente, las y los poetas han estado a la vanguardia de los movimientos sociales. Despierta es una colección de poemas escritos por mujeres de color que reflejan la alegría y la pasión de la lucha por la justicia social. Se abordan temas que van desde la discriminación hasta la empatía, y desde la aceptación hasta sentirse libre para expresar una opinión.

Con el emotivo y brillante arte de Theodore Taylor y la pluma de Mahogany Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo y Olivia Gatwood, los pequeños se sentirán inspirados a crear sus propios poemas para expresar sus sentimientos sobre la justicia y la injusticia.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

A collection of poems to inspire kids to stay woke and become a new generation of activists.

Historically poets have been on the forefront of social movements. Woke is a collection of poems by women of color that reflects the joy and passion in the fight for social justice, tackling topics from discrimination to empathy, and acceptance to speaking out.

With Theodore Taylor’s bright, emotional art and writting from Mahogany Browne, Elizabeth Acevedo and Olivia Gatwood, kids will be inspired to create their own art and poems to express how they see justice and injustice.

Author

Mahogany L. Browne is a writer, an organizer, and an educator. She is the author of several poetry collections for adults, including Kissing Caskets and #Dear Twitter. Her books for children and teenagers include Black Girl Magic and Woke Baby, the companion book to Woke. She is the artistic director of Urban Word NYC and has received literary fellowships from Agnes Gund, AIR Serenbe, Cave Canem, Poets House, and the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. mobrowne.com

Elizabeth Acevedo is the New York Times–bestselling author of The Poet X and With the Fire On High. She is a winner of the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature, the Michael L. Printz Award, the Pura Belpré Award, the Boston Globe–Horn Book Award, and the Walter Dean Myers Award for Outstanding Children’s Literature. She is a National Poetry Slam champion and holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Maryland. She lives in Washington, DC, with her partner. acevedowrites.com

Olivia Gatwood has received international recognition for her poetry, performances, and work as an educator in sexual assault prevention and recovery. She is the author of the poetry chapbook New American Best Friend and has had her work featured on MTV, HBO, and BBC, among others. Her poems have appeared in such publications as Muzzle, Winter Tangerine, Poetry City, Tinderbox Poetry Journal, and The Missouri Review. She is from Albuquerque, New Mexico. oliviagatwood.com

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