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Luis Javier Rodriguez (born 1954) is an American poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist. He was the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate. [1] Rodriguez is recognized as a major figure in contemporary Chicano literature, [2] identifying himself as a native Xicanx writer. [3]
Apr 12, 2023 · Luis J. Rodriguez’s account of his first 18 years — from El Paso to Watts, Reseda to the Lomas barrio in South San Gabriel — has long drawn praise and criticism for its unflinching look at...
Learn about Luis J. Rodríguez, a Chicano poet and author of memoirs, fiction, and children's books. He is also a founder of Tia Chucha Press and a former Los Angeles Poet Laureate.
Learn about the life and work of Luis J. Rodriguez, the Poet Laureate of Los Angeles and a spiritual seeker of Native American and Mexican traditions. From his troubled youth on the border to his sobriety, family, and activism, he shares his story of overcoming and transformation.
Feb 9, 1993 · By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East Los Angeles gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests and then watched with increasing fear as gang life claimed friends and family members.
Learn about Luis J. Rodriguez, a native Xicanx writer, former Poet Laureate of Los Angeles, and a California Arts Council Legacy Fellow. Explore his books, essays, podcast, play, and his campaign for a new California.
Feb 10, 2020 · Luis J. Rodriguez is former L.A. poet laureate and author of “From Our Land to Our Land.” (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times) By Luis J. Rodriguez. Feb. 10, 2020 7 AM PT. The Los Angeles...
