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Delali Adjoa was born in Togo to Ghanaian parents but grew up in Canada, where she traded sunny cottons for wool tuques and snowsuits. She has been chasing warmer weather ever since.
Delali writes fiction centered on identity, freedom, and family, and loves the American South for the stories it has buried. She is a graduate of the University of Kentucky and Georgetown University. Instagram: @DelaliWrites.

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"Such a beautifully written and heartfelt story of two teens falling in love even though their worlds are falling apart. The setting is so lush and every character is so full of personality you could feel them jumping off the page. Sweet, and tender, " Read more of this review »
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"A rare gem. <3 This is a book I'd give to anyone, because I think we can all find something in here to carry with us."
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"The beautiful prose in this one, mixed with the absolutely gorgeous free-verse poems sprinkled throughout, stopped me in my tracks. THE FREE VERSE SOCIETY is equal parts gorgeous, heart wrenching, and introspective. I loved every minute of it, and De" Read more of this review »
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“I decide that Derek Patel, however beautiful he might be under all that dust, is a hope a heart should not have, a flashing yellow light, a reflective caution sign in the dark. Detour. Dead end.
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“I decide that Derek Patel, however beautiful he might be under all that dust, is a hope a heart should not have, a flashing yellow light, a reflective caution sign in the dark. Detour. Dead end.
Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

Are you okay?
Jae. Her voice hovers in the silence as I drop the broken birds into the trash can. A glass splinter digs into my hand and leaves a small, swelling red mark when I pull it out.
Are you okay?
I look up at the ticking clock on the kitchen wall. I can’t be late for my two-hour shift at the diner.
Are you okay?
I rip off my jersey and jump into the shower and try not to think about her black eyes shining like glass. I try not to think about the dimples that appear like magic when she talks. I wonder if I could ever make her smile and how deep her dimples would get. I wonder what would happen if I touched her, or if I ever should.
Maybe she’d break like everything else.”
Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

“I wear the memories in stitches, in pain that takes its time. The body remembers everything.”
Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

“My fingers memorize the way her limbs flow. How soft and careful she is. How sure she is in her quiet.”
Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

Are you okay?
Jae. Her voice hovers in the silence as I drop the broken birds into the trash can. A glass splinter digs into my hand and leaves a small, swelling red mark when I pull it out.
Are you okay?
I look up at the ticking clock on the kitchen wall. I can’t be late for my two-hour shift at the diner.
Are you okay?
I rip off my jersey and jump into the shower and try not to think about her black eyes shining like glass. I try not to think about the dimples that appear like magic when she talks. I wonder if I could ever make her smile and how deep her dimples would get. I wonder what would happen if I touched her, or if I ever should.
Maybe she’d break like everything else.”
Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

“I decide that Derek Patel, however beautiful he might be under all that dust, is a hope a heart should not have, a flashing yellow light, a reflective caution sign in the dark. Detour. Dead end.
Delali Adjoa, The Free Verse Society

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