Ya sea en la comiquisima y filosofaclora voz de un chofer de limusina cuyo sueno es mejorar su grupo amateur de "rap-metal" en "Mi Carro, Mi Revolucio," o en la diatriba en forma de monologo de Ysela, una evangelista de carpa que da tes-ti-mo-nio en "Oiga," Rodriguez halla humor en las vidas de personajes que no estan dispuestos a sacrificar sus suenos debido a las circunstancias que los rodean. Rodriguez le da una voz elocuente al barrio donde paso muchos anos de su vida como padre, organizador y finalmente escritor: un vecindario que le ofrece al mundo mas de lo que su apariencia sugiere.
Ya sea en la comiquisima y filosofaclora voz de un chofer de limusina cuyo sueno es mejorar su grupo amateur de "rap-metal" en "Mi Carro, Mi Revolucio...
In a stunning literary achievement -- with a power and scope reminiscent of John Steinbeck -- Luis J. Rodriguez captures the soul of a community in this epic novel about love, family, workers' rights, industrial strife, and cultural dislocation
As the World War II cultural and industrial boom birthed a new California, a mighty steel industry rose with the potential to make modest dreams real for the workers willing to risk their lives in the mill's ferocious heat.
For the Salcidos, the Nazareth mill became an engine for survival. Luis J. Rodriguez chronicles the simultaneous...
In a stunning literary achievement -- with a power and scope reminiscent of John Steinbeck -- Luis J. Rodriguez captures the soul of a community in...
From the award-winning author of Always Running comes a brilliant collection of short stories about life in East Los Angeles. Whether hilariously capturing the voice of a philosophizing limo driver whose dream is to make the most of his rap-metal garage band in "My Ride, My Revolution," or the monologue-styled rant of a tes-ti-fy-ing tent revivalist named Ysela in "Oiga," Rodriguez squeezes humor from the lives of people who are not ready to sacrifice their dreams due to circumstance.
In these stories, Luis J. Rodriguez gives eloquent voice to the neighborhood where he...
From the award-winning author of Always Running comes a brilliant collection of short stories about life in East Los Angeles. Whether hila...
Luis Rodriguez, author of the award-winning and bestselling classic memoir Always Running, chronicles his harrowing journey from a drugged-out gang member to one of the most revered figures in Chicano literature. Hundreds of thousands of readers came to know Luis J. Rodriguez through his fearless classic, Always Running, which chronicled his early life as a young Chicano gang member surviving the dangerous streets of East Los Angeles. The long-awaited follow-up, It Calls You Back is the equally harrowing story of Rodriguez starting over, at age eighteen, after leaving...
Luis Rodriguez, author of the award-winning and bestselling classic memoir Always Running, chronicles his harrowing journey from a drugged-out ...
This chapbook collection offers new poems from the prolific career of a community leader, activist, and healer. Luis J. Rodriguez s work asks profound questions of us as readers and fellow humans, such as, "If society cooperates, can we nurture the full / and healthy development of everyone?" In his introductory remarks, Martin Espada describes the poet as a man engaged in people and places: "Luis Rodriguez is a poet of many tongues, befitting a city of many tongues. He speaks English, Spanish, Hip Hop, the Blues, and cool jazz. He speaks in mad solos. He speaks...
Foreword by Martin Espada
This chapbook collection offers new poems from the prolific career of a community leader, activist, and healer. Luis J....
