www.luisjrodriguez.com
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 | May 27, 2006
I am pleased to report that Hearts & Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times will be the core curriculum in a newly certified staff training program for State of California juvenile detention centers, halls, and camps.
The Seven Stories Press book was first published in 2001 and summarizes the almost 30 years of work I’ve had [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | May 23, 2006
I recently received this letter by email, which was an honor to read. I’d like to share it with the rest of us (although with a couple of slight changes).
Dear Mr. Rodriguez,
Having just completed your most beautiful novel (Music of the Mill), I feel compelled and inspired to write you to say you are a [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | May 21, 2006
The young people, including several children, had their faces painted partly in skull face; boys with a cursory knowledge of music played bass, violin, guitar, and drums in the background; and a small but appreciative audience that included parents and friends smiled, laughed, and applauded during the opening performance of Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural’s newest [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | May 15, 2006
Today President Bush proposed deploying 6,000 National Guard Troops on the US-Mexico border to stop the flow of undocumented immigrants. This is nothing but pandering to the most conservative elements in Congress and in the country, including the vigilante anti-immigrant group, the Minutemen. Despite the fact the Minutemen have not had more than 200 people [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | May 9, 2006
When I arrived—a couple of hours late mind you—to the Greensboro, North Carolina airport last April 8, around 45 children, teenagers, parents, and community leaders greeted me with signs, specially-made T-shirts, and song.
Other people in the waiting lounge looked interested, and perhaps as surprised as I did, to have such a welcome.
I was completely overwhelmed [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | May 4, 2006
The number of anti-immigrant organizations have exponentially grown in the past few weeks–beyond the myopic racism of the Minutemen (regardless of how many Black and Latinos they manage to recruit) into an alphabet soup of organizations, many of which don’t even get along. Some groups are building their own walls on the US-Mexico border, many [...]
