KPBS has recently announced its official selections for One Book, One San Diego, the region's community reading program. KPBS Midday Edition spoke to the authors of the children and teen selections.
'FREE JANE': She was falsely accused of murdering her husband and imprisoned because of mistakes in San Diego's criminal justice system. Hear the trailerS1: Welcome to KPBS Midday Edition. On today's show , this year's One Book , One San Diego selections have been announced. So we're talking with some of the authors. I'm Jade Hyndman with conversations that keep you informed , inspired and make you think.
S1: Yeah , well , and like you mentioned , KPBS has partners all across the county that includes libraries , schools , service organizations. So how are you working across the region this year ? Yes. S1: Yeah , it's great that it engages so many people and really creates space to have these conversations within the community. You mentioned e-book and audiobook format. Tell me more about that.
S4: In the center of the field is Tommie Smith running through. President Peter Norman runs a play. Smith pulled muscle and couldn't have pulled it that badly. He beat John Carlos and Peter Norman could have run a second place. S3: She probably didn't even know that she helped me out. But after we were down in the man cave , you know , for hours , I was taking notes and listening to his life story. We we came over for lunch , actually made lunch for us. And my my initial thought was to make it a novel and verse , and I always I try to I try to put a twist on it. I'm a huge music fan , I love jazz , I love hip hop music , and I always try to put a twist on , you know , the story structure.
S8: So that's why I wrote this book for children. So children that were like , I was conceived , that they come from this long history of resistance and resilience and that their stories do matter. S9: And another key figure in the story is Laura Rodriguez. What can you tell us about her and her role in this ? You know , in the history of the park.
S9: So I want to turn to you and your connection here. I mean , earlier you mentioned your love of literature came early. S9: Trying to write it ten like , that's that's just. Yeah , that's incredible. So , you know , earlier you talked about sort of like , you know , the importance of reading the Cisneros book and finding stories of , you know , Chicano stories. Yes. You know , how do you think that landscape has changed since you were a child in terms of , I mean , are you seeing more Chicano representation in literature and culture at large than you did as a child. Definitely.
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