Women are often taught to shrink themselves, feel shame over sexual desires and bury their traumas deep in their psyche. Some carry that heaviness to the grave, and lucky are the ones empowered to ...

The latest novel from National Book Award-winner Elizabeth Acevedo is called “Family Lore.” A woman named Flor has the ability to see in dreams when someone is going to die. One day, she alerts her ...

Author Elizabeth Acevedo's new novel, Family Lore, centers four sisters — Matilde, Flor, Pastora, and Camila — and their daughters. Flor Marte knows someone will die. She knows when and how, because ...

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Washington Post national correspondent Arelis Hernández speaks with Elizabeth Acevedo, champion slam poet and National Book Award winner, whose work often explores family, belonging and her ...

In Elizabeth Acevedo’s new novel, a family grapples with life and grief after their sister, who can predict death, decides to host a wake for herself. By Rebecca Carroll When you purchase an ...

The kernel of the story that would become Family Lore, Elizabeth Acevedo’s first novel for adults, came to her in college, after a visit with one of her aunts in the Bronx. Acevedo, who’d spent many ...

New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Acevedo, known for her award-winning YA novels, recently published her first novel for adults. "Family Lore," and its Spanish translation, "Sabiduría ...

If you’re a fan of bestselling YA novelist Elizabeth Acevedo — and there are many; her book “The Poet X” won a National Book Award in 2018 — you might be in for a surprise. “Family Lore,” her first ...

In Elizabeth Acevedo’s new novel, a family grapples with life and grief after their sister, who can predict death, decides to host a wake for herself. By Rebecca Carroll A sequel to Colson Whitehead’s ...