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Inheritance: A Visual Poem

Written by Elizabeth Acevedo
Illustrated by Andrea Pippins
Published by HarperCollins Publishers

They tell me to “fix” my hair.

And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten;

but how do you fix this shipwrecked

history of hair?

In her most famous spoken-word poem, author of the Pura Belpré-winning novel-in-verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro-Latinidad—the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance.

Primary ISBN: 9780062931948
Publication Date: May 2022
Available As: Hardcover, Audiobook, eBook
Graphic Novel, Age 13 or older

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