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Luis J. Rodríguez
Luis J. Rodríguez (b. 1954) is a poet, journalist, memoirist, and author of children’s books, short stories, and novels. His documentation of urban and Mexican immigrant life has m...view moreLuis J. Rodríguez (b. 1954) is a poet, journalist, memoirist, and author of children’s books, short stories, and novels. His documentation of urban and Mexican immigrant life has made him one of the most prominent Chicano literary voices in the United States. Born in El Paso, Texas, to Mexican immigrant parents, Rodríguez grew up in Los Angeles, where in his teen yearshe joined a gang, lived on the streets, and became addicted to heroin. In his twenties, after turning his back on gang violence and drugs, Rodríguez began his career as a journalist and then award-winning poet, writing such books as the memoir Always Running (1993), and the poetry collections The Concrete River (1991), Poems Across the Pavement(1989), and Trochemoche (1998). He has also written the short story collection The Republic of East L.A. (2002). Rodríguez maintains an arts center, bookstore, and poetry press in L.A., where he continues writing and working to mediate gang violence.view less
Books by Luis J. Rodríguez
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. It Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Veneration Rites of Curanderismo: Invoking the Sacred Energy of Our Ancestors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Concrete River: Poems Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5My Nature Is Hunger: New and Selected Poems: 1989–2004 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Trochemoche: Poems Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Ritos de veneración del curanderismo: Invocando la energía sagrada de nuestros ancestros Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Luis J. Rodríguez
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Veneration Rites of Curanderismo: Invoking the Sacred Energy of Our Ancestors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsIt Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, a Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsFrom Our Land to Our Land: Essays, Journeys, and Imaginings from a Native Xicanx Writer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Ritos de veneración del curanderismo: Invocando la energía sagrada de nuestros ancestros Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks Narrated
Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5From Our Land to Our Land: Essays, Journeys, and Imaginings from a Native Xicanx Writer Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5