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 | November 24, 2008
I had two amazing events last week–one in Albuquerque where I did the morning keynote address to the New Mexico Conference for Boys and Young Men, and the other at the campus of California State University, San Marcos, as part of their Native American/Social Justice Month.
In New Mexico this work involved Native spiritual and traditional [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | November 16, 2008
As many of you know, our community has once again been hit by brush fires in the foothills and canyons just to the northeast of us. The Sayre Fire in Sylmar, not far from where Tia Chucha’s Cafe Cultural used to be located, began two days ago and has already destroyed 8,000 acres, forced the [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | November 8, 2008
I’ve just finished talks in three North Carolina cities, which began a day after the election of Barack Obama for President. I have been to North Carolina sporadically since my big visit there in early 2000 when I was part of the largest writer’s residency in the state’s history. The North Carolina Writers Network and [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | November 5, 2008
Emotions have run with me. To see Barack Obama on the stage at Grant Park in Chicago, a city I love after 15 years of being one of her sons, a black man in a mostly white country, with the most challenging historical blocks and barriers arrayed against him, a man who grew up poor, [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | November 3, 2008
I left the Hilo area of Hawai’i Island early Saturday morning after an amazing week of prophecies, wisdom, issues, conflicts, relationships. I learned much, and appreciated the space created for me and others to contribute. Global Passageways opened up an important dialogue that I hope to help continue—what is the truth of our time, our [...]
