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I'm Luis J. Rodriguez, the author of Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. and several other books in short fiction, children's literature, nonfiction, and poetry. On my web log I'll be posting all the latest news concerning my work as a writer, along with news and opinions on the many political, social, spiritual and cultural activities that I find interesting.
Luis J. Rodriguez | January 30, 2006
La Vega is one of the poorest districts in the overcrowded poor hillside barrios in Caracas. On the drive there, you see stalls of people selling food and any other items of any value in the “informal” economy that sustains most of the world’s poor. Garbage is spread everywhere. Makeshift housing of tin roofs seem [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | January 28, 2006
Carlos, Mario, and Cesar are three of the young Venezuelans who’ve been helping some of the US delegates during our stay. There were many others, men and women, who’ve made sure we were safe, our belongings protected, and that we received proper directions for wherever we were going. It’s always hard to manuever around in [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | January 27, 2006
When Cheri Honkala spoke about the woman in Tennessee with a debilitating disease who lost her health care from the state when 300,000 people were removed from TennCare, her voice cracked and she brought home the tremendous toll that poverty and government neglect can have on a person, on families, on whole communities. Cheri is [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | January 25, 2006
The ride from the main airport in Venezuela to the capital city of Caracas took close to three hours, normally a half hour ride, due to bridge construction that complicated the accommodation of some 300,000 visitors to the World Social Forum here (with the slogan “Another World is Possible”). The re-routing took our bus through [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | January 23, 2006
This past month, on January 8, a good friend of mine — I am Godfather to her daughters — passed away from complications due to stomach cancer. Alma Delia Gamez was only 46 years old. Yet she had been a fighter for the rights of migrant workers, the working class, and other oppressed peoples all [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | January 2, 2006
Over the years, I’ve been interviewed about various aspects of my life, including my writing life. Here I share one group of questions with you all as we begin the new year. Writing not just for work or for fun, but for life.
What kind of writer are you?
I write in various genres – poetry, children’s [...]
