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Podcast: Art Works Podcast
Episode: Meg Medina is the first Latina to serve as the Library of Congress’s National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Description: In this episode, we speak with Meg Medina, a Newbery award-winning author and the current Library of Congress National Ambassador for Young People's Literature.
Meg has written numerous books for kids and young adults, including "Yaqui Delgado Wants to Kick Your Ass," “Burn, Baby, Burn” and the Merci Suárez triology which she just concluded. In this interview, Meg talks about growing up in the multi-cultural hotbed of Queens, NY as the first child born in North America to Cuban parents and her role as linguistic and cultural translator for the family. She discusses the importance of family’...