INTERVIEWS & PROFILES
“Southland Unearths the Histories of Los Angeles”
Alta
March 16, 2021
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“How History Animates Southland”
Alta
March 8, 2021
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“The Novel That Shows Us How to Face Our Past to Change Our Future”
Electric Lit
June 11, 2020
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“A Teacher of History: On Nina Revoyr and Los Angeles”
Los Angeles Review of Books
September 20, 2019
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“Nina Revoyr on ‘The Los Angeles That I Know'”
L.A. Taco
June 25, 2019
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“Studying the City of Angels: A Conversation with Nina Revoyr”
The Rumpus
March 22, 2019
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“Nina Revoyr on Class, Power, and Privilege in the New/Old Los Angeles”
CrimeReads
April 9, 2019
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“Nina Revoyr Spins an L.A. Story”
Publishers Weekly
February 15, 2019
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“Riot/Rebellion: The Legacy of 1992”
Los Angeles Review of Books
April 28, 2017
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“Occasions for Wonder”
Los Angeles Review of Books
August 24, 2015
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“Socially Conscious Adventure Novel”
Los Angeles Times
August 21, 2015
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“How the Bookish Stay in Shape”
Chicago Tribune
November 11, 2015
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“Self-Interview: Weird Sightings, Dogs, and the Best Trip Ever”
The Nervous Breakdown
September 2, 2015
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“Nina, Ariat, and Russell”
Coffee With a Canine
October 8, 2015
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“How I Write”
The Writer Magazine
January 28, 2013
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“On Writing: With Manuel Muñoz”
Algonquin Books Blog
April 7, 2011
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“The Importance of Story: With Ellis Avery”
Lambda Literary
March 27, 2012
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“Bridging Communities of Color”
Asian Pacific American Librarians Association
January 29, 2014
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“From Crenshaw to Deerhorn”
Discover Nikkei
February 16, 2012
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“15 Questions with Nina Revoyr”
Akashic Books Blog
April 17, 2013
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“Looking Inside the Outsiders”
Los Angeles Times
April 27, 2008
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“Literary Archeology: The Age of Dreaming”
The Elegant Variation
April 30, 2008
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“Nina Revoyr’s Los Angeles”
Loggernaut
Date uncertain—about 2005
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LISTEN & WATCH
“The Invisible Aristocracy”
KPFA “Against the Grain”
April 1, 2019
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“What Is the ‘Real’ America?”
Minnesota Public Radio
September 10, 2017
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“Live From the Vault: Rare Recordings of James Baldwin”
ALOUD Series at Los Angeles Public Library
July 14, 2016
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“Nature Noir”
Los Angeles Review of Books “Radio Hour”
September 3, 2015
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“Dangerous Hike for a Diverse Group of Angelenos”
KPCC “Take Two”
October 7, 2015
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“Writing Southern California”
KUCI “Writers on Writing”
November 11, 2015
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“Finding Truth and Danger in the Wilderness”
Minnesota Public Radio “MPR News with Kerri Miller”
September 16, 2015
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“Los Angeles and Writing”
Los Angeles Review of Books
February 25, 2014
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“WeHo Reads: The Age of Dreaming”
City of West Hollywood TV
October 2, 2013
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“Interview on Wingshooters”
Minnesota Public Radio
May 24, 2012
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“Connie Martinson Talks Wingshooters”
Connie Martinson Talks Books
June 2, 2011
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“ALOUD with Lisa See”
Los Angeles Public Library
September 28, 2008
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“Japanese and Blacks: Sharing the ‘Shaw”
NPR’s News and Notes:
August 11, 2005
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NINA ON HER WORK
“Silent Dreams: the Birth of a Novel”
Virginia Quarterly Review
Winter, 2013
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“On Southland“
Flaunt Magazine and the Los Angeles Review of Books
October 21, 2014
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“Midwest Tour Diary for Wingshooters”
Akashic Books Blog
April 20, 2011
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RECENT NONFICTION
“Writing With a Job: Be the Stockbroker”
Los Angeles Review of Books
September 9, 2016
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“What’s Missing in the California Backcountry”
Los Angeles Times
August 28, 2016
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“How Watts and the LAPD Make Peace”
Los Angeles Times
June 6, 2016
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