by kwamepoet@gmail.com | May 16, 2023 | Media Coverage
“To Be Loved Like That” with Kwame Alexander | Our most precious relationships are often our most complicated, aren’t they? Poet and bestselling author Kwame Alexander wrote an honest book of poems and essays that name the difficult and beautiful and...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Apr 5, 2023 | Kwame News
Based on the critically-acclaimed best-selling novel in-verse by Kwame Alexander, “The Crossover” introduces teen brothers Josh and Jordan Bell, widely considered basketball phenoms. Through his lyrical poetry, an adult version of Josh, aka Filthy McNasty, narrates...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Apr 4, 2023 | Books
In this evocative and playful companion to their New York Times bestselling picture book How to Read a Book, Newbery Medalist Kwame Alexander teams up with poet Deanna Nikaido and Caldecott Honoree Melissa Sweet to celebrate the magic of discovering...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Feb 19, 2023 | Kwame News
“A story not of Black America but of America, a history we all must own.” Nikole Hannah-Jones, award-winning journalist and creator of “The 1619 Project,” reviews An American Story for the New York Times. Read the full review...
by kwamepoet@gmail.com | Feb 14, 2023 | Books
The Newbery Medal and Coretta Scott King Award–winning middle grade bestseller! Basketball and heartache share the court in this slam-dunk novel in verse. “With a bolt of lightning on my kicks . . .The court is SIZZLING. My sweat is DRIZZLING. Stop all that...
