Elizabeth Acevedo on writing a coming-of-age novel

Clip: 12/01/2020 | 3m 48s | Video has closed captioning.

Our November pick for the NewsHour-New York Times book club, "Now Read This," is "The Poet X" by Elizabeth Acevedo. She spoke to Jeffrey Brown about finding her voice through poetry and why she wrote a novel in verse.

Aired: 12/01/20

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Elizabeth Acevedo on writing a coming-of-age novel

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