Write Yourself A Lantern: A Journal Inspired By The Poet X

by Elizabeth Acevedo

This journal is for the dreamers. The poets. The writers who don’t yet know that they are writers, but know that they have plenty to say.

Featuring lines from Elizabeth Acevedo’s The Poet X among its lined pages, this full-color, beautifully designed journal is perfect for readers, long-time writers, those trying their hand at poetry, or anyone with a voice all their own.

Let Xiomara’s verses spark your own inspiration, as you pour your own thoughts and feelings onto the pages—and write the words you need most.

Genres: Poetry, Journal, Nonfiction

208 pages, Hardcover

First published April 7, 2020

About the author

ELIZABETH ACEVEDO is a New York Times bestselling author of The Poet X, With the Fire on High, and Clap When You Land. Her critically-acclaimed debut novel, The Poet X, won the 2018 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. She is also the recipient of the Printz Award for Excellence in Young Adult Fiction, the CILIP Carnegie Medal, and the Boston Globe-Hornbook Award. Additionally, she was honored with the 2019 Pure Belpré Author Award for celebrating, affirming, and portraying Latinx culture and experience.

Her books include, Beastgirl & Other Origin Myths (YesYes 2016), The Poet X (HarperCollins, 2018), & With The Fire On High (HarperCollins, 2019), and Clap When You Land (HarperCollins, 2020).

She holds a BA in Performing Arts from The George Washington University and an MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Maryland. Acevedo has been a fellow of Cave Canem, Cantomundo, and a participant in the Callaloo Writer’s Workshops. She is a National Poetry Slam Champion, and resides in Washington, DC with her love.

Reviews

[Jeimy]

I love this journal which is peppered with both writing prompts and quotes fromElizabeth Acevedo's The Poet X.

[Joyce]

Good read.

[Rowan]

This is my absolute favorite journal! I love the prompts that are sprinkled in the journal.

[Donna Brown]

As journals go, this one is colorful, gives you nuggets of inspiration, and has been fun to scribble in.

Everyone has some sort of poetry inside.

[Elissa]

I'm always afraid to ruin the pages of a new journal. But last year, while living in the DR, I decided what better time to fill the pages.