THE UNDEFEATABLE KWAME ALEXANDER.

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  • Author(s): Burnett, Matia
  • Source:
    Publishers Weekly; 10/21/2019, Vol. 266 Issue 42, p(Sp)21-(Sp)21, 1p, 2 Color Photographs
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      Kwame Alexander's picture book The Undefeated - recently longlisted for the National Book Award - has an unusual backstory. After Alexander adapted the poem for the picture book, he says, "the gods decided that they were going to step in and make it possible for the greatest portrait artist in America, Kadir Nelson, to illustrate it. Alexander credits Nelson for selecting the figures featured in The Undefeated: "I didn't select who Kadir would paint", Alexander says. [Extracted from the article]
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