Poet X Jacket Art Controversy: There has been an accusation that the cover art forElizabeth Acevedo’s award-winning young adult novel Poet X was plagiarized (not by Acevedo but by someone at the publishing house). Photographer Amanda Rivas claims the photo was taken by her and it is a self-portrait; the jacket art altered the photo. For the full story, see: www.forbes.com/sites/rachelkramerbussel/2019/07/03/photographer-accuses-cover-artist-of-elizabeth-acevedo-novel-the-poet-x-of-plagiarism/#5a969de74366 .
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