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Abigail's avatar

Congratulations, Rosa! I am so proud of you!

Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Thank you my friend! <3

Zane Paxton's avatar

Amazing! And well deserved, your book is excellent.

Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Thank you for your encouragement, Zane!!

Sally Thomas's avatar

Congrats to you!

Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Thank you so much, Sally!

Jody Collins's avatar

Rosa! Congrats on the poetry book award! Well done :-)

Rosa Lía Gilbert's avatar

Thank you Jody! It was such an exciting surprise.

Michelle Pehlman's avatar

Congratulations on your wonderful book.

SG's avatar

Congratulations! I am so proud of your diligence and blessed by your talent! 👏🏼

Vilma Blenman's avatar

Love your essay and analysis of Rhina Espaillat's iconic poem!

Love your version of "Bilingual!"

I'm a Jamaican-Canadian poet who lives in the Diaspora and dances between two worlds. So your words resonate. I wanted to weep. Thank you and congratulations!

Kayla Norris's avatar

beautiful beautiful beautiful

Sarah Steele's avatar

I loved this poem, and giiiiirrrrrl, congrats on the award!!!!!

Kimberly Phinney's avatar

What a beautiful moment!! Celebrating you and your beautiful book. What a blessing and joy it is to have come beside you!! This is a beautiful gift for you and The Way Back Books, too.

Zina Gomez-Liss's avatar

Congratulations! This is wonderful news!

Inksite's avatar

Congratulations! So well deserved.

Susie Teramura's avatar

Love this poem! And congratulations!🎉

Alexis Leigh Ragan's avatar

so extremely proud of you! you are a gem, God is so good.