Inheritance: A Visual Poem | Elizabeth Acevedo + Pippins Black & African American Poetry Courtney Cooper and Jupiter Sanchez

Courtney Cooper and Jupiter Sanchez (Coop & Jupe ) have been next-door neighbors and best friends since they were seven-years-old

Through a series of letters spanning nearly thirty years

and fix the mess she's made before anyone gets hurt

Margaret is funny and real

Inheritance: A Visual Poem | Elizabeth Acevedo + Pippins Black & African American Poetry Courtney Cooper and Jupiter SanchezThey tell me to "fix" my hair. And by fix, they mean straighten, they mean whiten; but how do you fix this shipwrecked history of hair? In her most famous spoken word poem, author of the Pura Belpr winning novel in verse The Poet X Elizabeth Acevedo embraces all the complexities of Black hair and Afro Latinidad the history, pain, pride, and powerful love of that inheritance. Paired with full color illustrations by artist Andrea Pippins in a format