María Dolores Águila on A Sea of Lemon Trees

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Thursday, November 20 at 2:30 PM on KPFK 90.7 FM: My guest this week is María Dolores Águila, out now with A Sea of Lemon Trees: The Corrido of Roberto Alvarez.  It’s a poetic work of YA historical fiction inspired by the defining early 1930s “Lemon Grove Incident,” a narrative which celebrates a victory over institutionalized racism in San Diego, the struggle for educational equity, and the power of community through a telling from the point of view of then-12 year old Roberto Alvarez, chosen as the plaintiff for the legal case which challenged the segregation of Mexican American public school students. Águila is the author of an acclaimed picture book, Barrio Rising: The Protest the Built Chicano Park. Her website, where you can learn more, helpfully defines her work and art: “Stories of Resistance and Resilience.”

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