# Nina LaCour Weaves an Intimate Story of the Great Migration to California in Novel 'Meet Me in the Garden'

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Podcast: [KQED's Forum](https://stenobird.com/podcast/kqed-s-forum-910728)
Published: 2026-08-21T18:19:00+00:00
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San Francisco’s Nina LaCour is a bestselling YA author who has turned to adult novels in the past few years. Her new book, “Meet Me In the Garden” is a shimmering novel about a Creole family’s migration from New Orleans to California and the ways that they reinterpret their racial and queer identities in their new home. We talk about the Great Migration, the promise of California, and writing characters readers actually love. Guest: Nina LaCour, author, “Meet Me in the Garden,” “Yerba Buena” and “We Are Okay” Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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