New Books from Kwame
A powerful and provocative collection of poems that cut to the heart of the entrenched racism and oppression in America and eloquently explores ongoing events. A book in the tradition of James Baldwin’s “A Report from Occupied Territory,” Light for the World to See is a rap session on race. A lyrical response to the struggles of Black lives in our world . . . to America’s crisis of conscience . . . to the centuries of loss, endless resilience, and unstoppable hope.
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"Alexander's uniquely designed poems offer a useful entry point for conversations about racism in America."―Booklist
Co-authored with the world's best-selling novelist, James Patterson, Becoming Muhammad Ali is about the childhood of Cassius Clay, and it's a knockout. In bookstores and libraries everywhere.
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A stellar collaboration that introduces an important and intriguing individual to today's readers.
―Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"Cassius's narrative illustrates his charisma, drive, and work to know who you are."
―Publishers Weekly, starred review"This utterly delightful story about Ali's childhood is a smash hit. Get this uplifting, informative book onto library shelves and into kid's hands."
―School Library Journal, starred review
"Wanna be a writer? Wanna find your voice? It all starts here..."―Jeff Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series
Bestselling author and poet extraordinaire Kwame Alexander created this super-fly notebook just for YOU! It's bursting with cool activities, sizzling poetry starters, inspirational quotes, and lots of space to create. Grab a copy of KWAME ALEXANDER'S FREE WRITE POETRY NOTEBOOK, then grab your pen or pencil 'cause it's time to give your words FLOW and RHYTHM and RHYME!
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Changing the world, one word at a time.
Versify, the publishing imprint founded by Kwame Alexander is proud to celebrate our 2020 Award Winners.
Vamos: Let's Go to the Market by Raul the III (Pura Belpre Illustrator Award and Massachusetts and Massachusetts Book Award)
Anya and the Dragon by Sofiya Pasternak (Sidney Taylor Jewish Book Award Honor)
White Rose by Kip Wilson (Massachusetts Book Award Honor)
Emmy in the Key of Code by Aimee Lucido (ILA Children’s and Young Adult book award for Intermediate Fiction)
The Undefeated by Kwame Alexander and Kadir Nelson (Caldecott Medal, Newbery Honor, Coretta Scott King Illustrator Award)
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- Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including BOOKED, which was longlisted for the National Book Award, SOLO, REBOUND, which was shortlisted for prestigious UK Carnegie Medal, The Caldecott Medal and Newbery Honor-winning picture book, THE UNDEFEATED, illustrated by Kadir Nelson, and, his NEWBERY medal-winning middle grade novel, THE CROSSOVER. A regular contributor to NPR's Morning Edition, Kwame is the recipient of numerous awards, including The Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, The Coretta Scott King Author Honor, Three NAACP Image Award Nominations, and the 2017 Inaugural Pat Conroy Legacy Award. In 2018, he opened the Barbara E. Alexander Memorial Library and Health Clinic in Ghana, as a part of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy program he co-founded. Kwame is the Founding Editor of VERSIFY, an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt ...
- Kwame Alexander has written 35 books, three of them in a chair next to a fireplace at his neighborhood Panera Bread. He now writes in a penthouse in London, where he lives. But, he misses the writing studio he built in Virginia a few years ago. It has huge windows, a large painting of John Coltrane, 3000 books, heated floors, a blue couch, and a loft which was Randy’s idea. When he’s not writing, Kwame’s watching reruns of The Office with his soon-to-be six feet tall middle school daughter, reading manuscripts for Versify, the publishing company he founded, and travelling to schools and libraries across the globe...on Zoom. Kwame has eaten snails, chocolate covered bugs, and grasscutter, which is like a big rat, which he had no idea he was eating because it was in a really tasty stew ...
- DO YOU READ YOUR EMAILS AND LETTERS? Absolutely! I love receiving letters and notes (and school sweatshirts...) from students. I read them on planes, on trains, even in the rain (when I leave my umbrella at home). And I get hundreds a week, which is really really cool, and I read some of them to my daughter and my wife and they LOVE them as much as I do. Thing is, because of all the books I gotta write and the schools I gotta visit (and the games I play with my daughter), I sadly never get a chance to respond and thank y'all for your time. But, yeah I read EVERYTHING. I DO, HOWEVER, ANSWER SOME LETTERS ON MY TALK SHOW, BOOKISH . Thank you for taking the time to reach out. I really appreciate it. WHERE CAN ...
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