In another interview, Acevedo expounded upon the notes of Afro-Latinx pride in her new work.

“Some days, when my feelings are like this,” she says, “like a full pot of water with the fire on high, I don’t know what to cook.” The video ends with a shot of Acevedo recording a few lines of “With the Fire on High” that allude to the origin of the title.

In the novel she feels less like a poet and more like a storyteller guiding you through a cohesive tale. Because there is no steady beat to the poems in “With the Fire on High” unlike in “The Poet X,” Acevedo has to try especially hard to properly develop distinct character voices so they can come alive. She could have expanded on these poetic pieces, but she really wanted to focus on the plot, character development and language. In “With the Fire on High,” she says that even though it is a prose text, it still has its poetic moments. She points out that because “The Poet X” was a novel in verse, its rhythm and cadence was a lot more intentional. In an interesting bit of the video, Acevedo compares her two novels. Opening the video with a small tip that she didn’t know before recording, she introduces the camera to the studio that she’s in, along with a few of the sound engineers who make sure she sounds correct. In a video with Epic Reads, Acevedo details what is critical to have an amazing book-recording session. Not many authors can say that they narrated their own audiobook, but Acevedo can. While she knows that it really isn’t the best time to worry about her career, she feels so passionately about her future that she is willing to break any rules to realize her ambitions.īack in March when the book was still being warmed up, Acevedo gave fans a closer look into part of the creative process by filming her journey of creating the audiobook. In response to this stress, Emoni helplessly hopes that she can register for her school’s new culinary arts course, because working as a chef is her ultimate dream. Since then, Emoni, who is now a senior, has matured a lot more quickly than her peers, not only because she has to make decisions for herself, but because she also has to keep her daughter and grandma in her thoughts too.

In her freshman year of high school, Emoni Santiago gave birth to her daughter. In the novel, she centers much the plot around a subject familiar to everyone: food. On May 7, Acevedo’s sophomore novel was released. Now, a little over a year later, Acevedo has cooked up another masterpiece called “With the Fire on High,” this time as a novel in prose. Rise of Mobile Games: Hopping on the Trend

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