TheīlackWords Press (1995-2005), Alexander resides in the Washington, DC area,Ī literacy non-profit organization that teaches and inspires youth in theīook-in-a-Day (BID) is a non-profit, educational services company that fosters He has produced several book festivals, including the CapitalīookFest, Presented by The Washington Post.Ĭollection of his writings, correspondence, and other professional and personalĭocuments is held at the George Washington University Gelman Library. Writing/publishing workshops at schools and conferences throughout the country. Most a young adult title, Crush: Love Poems. The Floor: poems and essays, Tough Love: The Life and Death of Tupac Shakur, and Written for television the stage, and authored several books including theīest-selling Do The Write Thing: 7 Steps to Publishing Success, Dancing Naked on Carter writer-in-residence.ĭubbed a “phenom” in the poetry world by The Charleston (SC) City Paper, Alexander has In 2015, Kwame served as Bank Street College of Education’s Inaugural Dorothy M. He visits schools and libraries, has owned several publishing companies, written for stage and television (TLC’s 'Hip Hop Harry'), produced jazz and book festivals, and taught in a high school. He is the founder of LEAP for Ghana, an international literacy project that builds libraries, trains teachers, and empowers children through literature. His other works include Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band (The 2014 Michigan Reads One Book Selection), and Kwame Alexander’s Page to Stage Writing Workshop, a curriculum based on his Book-in-a-Day student-run publishing program that created more than 5000 student authors in 75 schools between 2006-2015. Alexander is the President of Big Sea Entertainment, a poet, educator, and a Bestselling author of 38 books, including Booked, Surf’s Up, and The Crossover, which received the 2015 John Newbery Medal, the NCTE Charlotte Huck Honor, The Paterson Poetry Prize, the Lee Bennett Hopkins Poetry Award, and the Coretta Scott King Author Award Honor. He is a Writer and Executive Producer of The Crossover which airs in on Disney+ & Disney Channel. Kwame Alexander is a #1 AALBC and New York Times Bestselling Author of The Door of No Return Trilogy and An American Story. Kwame Alexander is a Top 100 Bestselling Author Making Our List 23 Times

“He truly is a renaissance man.”- Nikki Giovanni

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