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 | February 19, 2008
After almost a year of ongoing meetings, writing, researching, debating, and fine-tuning, the Community Engagement Advisory Committee (CEAC) — made up of gang intervention specialists, peace advocates, community leaders, and researchers — of LA City’s Ad Hoc Committee on Gang Violence & Youth Development, finished its ground-breaking Community-based Gang Intervention Model.
On February 13, the Ad [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | February 13, 2008
Raul R. Salinas–also written as raulrsalinas–was an immense inspiration and mentor in my life and writing. Not only was he one of the veterans of Chicano poetry, he was known among the Beats, Jazz poets, and as a leading poet of the prison life after spending 11 years in state and federal prisons in California, [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | February 6, 2008
I’m getting ready to embark on a number of trips outside of town. I’ll be in New Jersey this coming Monday, February 11. I return after a few days, and then I go to San Francisco for two weeks – to be part of the Mosaic Foundation’s Koures Youth Symposium in Santa Rosa, CA [...]
