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Traci Brimhall

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Traci Brimhall is the author of Our Lady of the Ruins (W.W. Norton, 2012) , winner of the 2011 Barnard Women Poets Prize, and Rookery (Southern Illinois University Press, 2010) , winner of the 2009 Crab Orchard Series in Poetry First Book Award.

Kwame Alexander

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Kwame Alexander is a poet, educator, publisher, and New York Times Bestselling author of 35 books, including BECOMING MUHAMMAD ALI (co-authored with James Patterson) , 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,...