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 29, 2011
[ I wanted to share this obituary for poet, singer, activist Gil Scott Heron with my readers. It was written by Los Angeles artist, Mark Vallen, and originally posted on his Art For A Change web log.]
Gil Scott Heron died on May 27, 2011 at the age of 62. Some obituaries have referred to him [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | May 24, 2011
Two major events happened on Saturday, May 21 (and none of them had to do with the end of the world).
My oldest grandson, Ricardo Rodriguez, age 18, graduated from high school, Forest Lake Christian Academy of the Orlando, Florida area, this past Saturday. I couldn’t attend, but my spirit was with him every step of [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | May 15, 2011
So far my work in Buenos Aires and surroundings has proven to be fruitful, exciting, and rich with dialogue. The incomparable Sol Rubio, the US Embassy’s Cultural Affairs Specialist, joined me on all my trips, driven by another embassy employee, Oscar, who explained to me much about the Buenos Aires cultural, climate, and attitude.
The morning [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | May 14, 2011
When I landed in Buenos Aires in the morning of Cinco de Mayo (I had flown ten hours all night from Dallas/Fort Worth), the weather was inviting, warm, clear skies. The city opened up as I drove with my friend Neal Murata, who works for the US Embassy here, and my new friend Sol Rubio, [...]
Luis J. Rodriguez | May 3, 2011
Yesterday, the United States killed Osama bin Laden. This is a time to rejoice and to remember those on 9/11 who died at the hands of Bin Laden and Al Qaeda. But we are still in Iraq, Afghanistan, and also in Libya, at the cost of billions of dollars a day. The loss of 3,000 [...]
