![]() ![]() I can’t speak to all young people of color, but I can speak to the population of young people we serve through the nonprofit agency I work for. What are the particular challenges young people of color face growing up in Los Angeles today? Your first novel, A Necessary Hunger, dealt with two young girls on the cusp of adulthood. We recently spoke to her about her work and Los Angeles’ place in it. Revoyr will be this year’s keynote speaker at the Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy’s Women for a New Los Angeles Luncheon on May 9. She is also executive vice president of Children’s Institute in Los Angeles and has taught at Pitzer and Occidental colleges, and at Antioch and Cornell universities. ![]() Nina Revoyr is the author of four acclaimed novels, including Southland, The Age of Dreaming and Wingshooters. ![]()
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