# Nina Revoyr
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nina revoyr (born June 12, 1969) is an American novelist and children's advocate, best known for her award-winning 2003 novel Southland. She is also executive vice president and chief operating officer of Children's Institute, Inc., which provides clinical, youth development, family support and early childhood services to children and families affected by trauma, violence and poverty in Central and South Los Angeles.
== Early life ==
Born in Japan to a Japanese mother and a Polish American father, she grew up in Tokyo, Wisconsin and Los Angeles.
Sunday, April 21 – Nina Revoyr, A Student of History
This week on Bibliocracy I share my interview with novelist Nina Revoyr, taped at last weekend’s Los Angeles Times Festival of Books on the campus of U.S.C. Revoyr has in five previous novels found new ways to examine, illustrate, dramatize and critique class, race, social and anti-social life in …
Episode 8: Storytelling
After a bit of a hiatus we are back with an episode that's dedicated to storytelling. Joining me on this week's episode is Dr. Katie Zimolzak. We get into what we love about stories and share some of our favorite reads.
Links mentioned in the show:
Love You Forever by Robert Munsch
https://www.am…
ReadAloud, February 26, 2009
African and Asian American Encounters: Layered Identities, Intertwined Histories and Coalitional Possibilities
Georgina Dodge, Assistant Vice Provost of the Office of Minority Affairs and Judy Tzu-Chun Wu, Associate Professor of History and Women"s Studies shared readings in commemoration of Black …
Readings from Christian Campbell and Nina Revoyr
Christian Campbell, a Bahamian and Trinidadian poet whose book Running the Dusk won the Aldeburgh First Collection Prize, gave a reading with Nina Revoyr, the author of four novels including the Lambda Award winner Southland and the 2011 novel Wingshooters. The readings took place as part of the Di…
Contributors to Black Clock 12
Black Clock 12
Richard Rayner, Nina Revoyr, Samantha Dunn, Tod Goldberg, Paul Cullum, and Skylight's own Monica Carter -- six contributors to the latest issue of this great literary journal -- will read from their selected pieces.
Born in England, Richard Rayner now lives in Los Angeles. His b…
007: Day 1 Funding Futures: Investing in Community Fire Recovery
In this panel on Funding and Philanthropy in Disaster Recovery, leaders from Napa Valley Community Foundation, Hawaii Community Foundation, and Ballmer Group discuss lessons learned from disaster response across California and Hawaii. Julia DeNatale, Keanu Lau Hee, and Nina Revoyr share how philant…
Interview with Amy Tector - THE FOULEST THINGS
In this interview, Amy and I discuss The Foulest Things, writing a series and mysteries as a pantser, why she created the fictional Dominion Archives, incorporating art theft into her story, and much more.
Amy's recommended reads are:
Prague Spring by Simon Mawer
Untangled by Lisa Damour
My Rea…
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