路易斯·Ĵ. 罗德里格斯

路易斯·Ĵ. 罗德里格斯 has emerged as one of the leading Chicano writers in the country with fifteen published books in memoir, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, and poetry. Luis’ poetry has won a Poetry Center Book Award, a PEN Josephine Miles Literary Award, and a Paterson Poetry Book Prize, among others. His children’s books—“America is Her Name” and “It Doesn’t Have to be This Way: A Barrio Story”—have won a Patterson Young Adult Book Award, two Skipping Stones Honor Awards, and a Parent’s Choice Book Award. A short story collection, “The Republic of East L.A.,” and a novel, “Music of the Mill,” came out in 2001 和 2005, both from Rayo Books/Harper Collins. A poetry collection, “我自然是饥饿: 新 & Selected Poems” appeared in 2005 从路沿石新闻/摇铃版 (other poetry books have also been published by Curbstone Press and Tia Chucha Press). Limited-edition hand-made art books and broadsides of Luis’ poems have also been made by C & Pajaro的C按, CA for sale to collectors, 大学, 库, 和其他机构, 包括“七,“”二女/ DOS女人,“”也许,” and “Making Medicine.”

路易斯是最出名的 1993 黑帮生活实录, “Always Running: 在疯狂, 冈日在洛杉矶“ (paperback by Touchstone Books/Simon & 鞋匠). 现在多卖 400,000 副本, 这本书囊括了一枚卡尔·桑德伯格文学奖, a Chicago Sun-Times Book Award, and was designated a New York Times Notable Book. It became a stage play by the Cornerstone Theater Company at the Mark Taper Auditorium in the L.A. 从公共图书馆 2003-2005 到 6,000 高中生, and at the Ivar Theater in Hollywood for a limited six-day run in 2005. Written as a cautionary tale for Luis’ then 15-year-old son Ramiro—who had joined a Chicago gang—the memoir is popular among youth and teachers. One Los Angeles Public Library official said “Always Running” is the most checked out book in their vast library system—and also the most “stolen.” Despite its popularity, the American Library Association called “Always Running” one of the 100 在美国大多数的书籍审查

他的最新著作是期待已久的续集“始终运行,” entitled “It Calls You Back: 奥德赛以爱, 瘾, 革命, 与治疗“ (试金石书籍/西门 & 鞋匠), 发布的秋天 2011. 还有一本电子书由西蒙 & Schuster and an audio book of “It Calls You Back” from Dreamscape Audio Books.

然而，对于所有的争议, Luis has gained the respect of the literary community. 在他的奖项, he’s received a City of Los Angeles Arts Fellowship, a Sundance Institute Art Writers Fellowship, a Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award, a Lannan Fellowship for Poetry, 在西班牙遗产奖文学, an Algonquin West Literary Award from West Hollywood, 加利福尼亚, a National Association for Poetry Therapy Public Service Award, a California Arts Council Fellowship, 年奖的伊利诺伊作者, Illinois Arts Council fellowships, 北卡罗莱纳州的作家的居住, and the 2001 边框奖, 其中包括.

Luis is also known for helping start community organizations-like Chicago’s Guild Complex, one of the largest literary arts organizations in the Midwest; 在芝加哥洪堡公园青少年关爱; 和TIA出岔出版社, 这个国家首屈一指的小型压片机1. 他是青年的创始人挣扎求存, a Chicago-based not-for-profit working with gang and non-gang youth. He helped start Rock A Mole (押韵与鳄梨调味酱) 制作, which produces music/arts festivals, 光盘, 并在洛杉矶电影. And he is co-founder of Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural—a bookstore, performance space and workshop center in the Northeast San Fernando Valley, which also sponsors the “Celebrating Words: 书面, 执行 & Sung” Literacy and Performance Festival. 此外, Luis is a renowned gang intervention specialist in Los Angeles, 芝加哥, and other cities as well as Mexico and Central America. 他的 2001 书“之心 & 手: 在暴力时代创造共同体“ (七个故事) 总结三十年来在该领域.

因为这, Luis is has become a leading gang expert testifying through affidavits, 手机证词, and court appearances in more than 60 例, mostly deportation cases to Mexico and Central America. His thirty years of urban peace and gang intervention work was utilized in the development of the Community-based Gang Intervention Model with around forty other L.A. 帮派的和平倡导者和干涉主义, 其中，L.A. City Council approved in February 2008, and is now sent across the United States and other countries. He’s also now a trainer for the Advancement Project’s gang intervention academy.

对于他的社区工作, Luis has been recognized by Inner City Struggle of East L.A. with its “Spirit of Struggle”/Ruben Salazar Award; 社区奖“本地英雄 (with Trini Rodriguez and Enrique Sanchez) 从KCET电视台L.A的. 和加州联合银行; “非暴力英雄”奖启. Michael Beckwith and the Agape Christian Center in Culver City, 加利福尼亚; and a “Unsung Heroes of Compassion” Award, 由尊者达赖喇嘛提出.

在此之上, Luis has spent more than thirty years conducting workshops, 读数, 而在监狱举行会谈, 少年设施, 无家可归者收容所, 移民营地, 大学, public and private schools, 会议, 教堂, 美洲原住民保留, and men’s conferences throughout the country. He’s also traveled to Canada, 欧洲, 日本, 墨西哥, 中美洲, 南美洲, and Puerto Rico doing similar work among disaffected populations. 在那里，他读的国际城市, 谈, and done workshops include Tokyo, 墨西哥城, 瓜达拉哈拉, 危地马拉, 圣萨尔瓦多, 马那瓜, 酸橙, 布宜诺斯艾利斯, 加拉加斯, 伦敦, 巴黎, 米兰, 罗马, 柏林, 阿姆斯特丹, 蒙特利尔, 多伦多, 萨拉热窝, 和其他人.

Luis has been part of the Mosaic Multicultural Foundation’s Men’s Conferences, 青年活动, 诗歌事件, 男性，女性峰会, and more since 1994 with Mosaic founder and mythologist Michael Meade and other teachers. 在这些会议, the complex but vital issues of race, 类, 性别, 以及个人的愤怒和悲痛, 以对话得到解决, 仪式, 故事, 诗, 鼓声, and dance involving people of all walks of life, including those in urban street gangs. He also created a CD of his poems called “My Name’s Not Rodriguez” for Dos Manos Records with original music by Ernie Perez and the band Seven Rabbit, 在公布的夏天 2002. 和他的创始人 2009 巴金金鸡娱乐, 该公司计划创建新的影片内容, 书籍, 光盘, 电视, 收音机, and the Internet.

在此之上, Luis’ work has been widely anthologized, including in “Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!: Stories of Crime, 爱, and Rebellion” (2011 下午新闻, 洛杉矶); “Letters of a Nation: 一个集非凡的美国文学“ (1997 百老汇图书), “在圣经奥特洛美国诗歌” (1999 雷霆的嘴出版社), 与“范火拼页: 一个默认值诗歌大灌篮“ (2001 三河出版社). He’s also appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,“”早安美国,” NBC’s “Nightly News with Brian Williams,“PBS电视台的吉姆·莱勒新闻时间, Discovery Channel’s Health Network’s “Life Force,“PBS-TV的”让和平,” National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air,“CNN的”什么事项,” and Head Line News’ “Leaders with Heart,“其他程序中.

Articles on Luis Rodriguez and reviews of his works have appeared in the New York Times, 洛杉矶时报, 香格里拉意见 (的. leading Spanish language publication), 华盛顿邮报, Christian Science Monitor, 奥克兰论坛, 旧金山稽查, 美联社, 的. 每周, 脸部杂志, 娱乐周刊, 柯克斯评论, 出版者周刊, 图书馆杂志, 人物周刊 (西班牙语), 和许多出版物, 包括在巴西, 墨西哥, 阿根廷, 危地马拉, 委内瑞拉, 日本, 德国, 意大利, 多.

路易斯的诗和文章都出现在大学 & high school textbooks throughout the U.S. 和欧洲. He’s been a daily newspaper writer, 周报作家, 自由职业者, and he’s done radio productions/writing for L.A.’s KPFK-FM, California Public Radio, 芝加哥WMAQ-AM的全新闻电台, 和WBEZ-FM. He’s also been a recurring honorary co-host with Dominique DiPrima on KJLH-FM’s “Front Page” talk show in L.A. And his writings have appeared in The Nation, 纽约时报, 洛杉矶时报, Chicago Tribune, 美国. 新闻 & 世界报告, 的. 每周, Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, 美国诗歌评论, 布卢姆斯伯里回顾, 圣荷西水星, 格兰街, 优涅读者, 岩石 & Rap Confidential, 福克斯新闻拉丁裔, 美国国家公共广播电台的拉丁裔美国, The Huffington Post, 进步, 和其他人.

书籍/录音发布时间

诗
在整个路面诗 (1989 蒂亚Chucha新闻, 芝加哥); The Concrete River (1991 路沿石新闻, Willimantic的, CT); Trochemoche (1998 路沿石新闻); 我的名字不是罗德里格斯, a CD of original music and poems (2002 DOS马诺斯/软摇滚音乐); numbered hand-made art books Seven and Two Women/Dos Mujeres (2005 Ç&C Press); 我自然是饥饿: 新 & 诗选 1989-2004 (2005 路沿石新闻/摇铃版).

非小说类
始终运行: 在疯狂, 冈日在L.A. (1993 Curbstone Press; 1994 平装书的试金石/西蒙 & 鞋匠; new 10-year edition, 2005 试金石书); 心灵和双​​手: Creating Community in Violent Times (2001 七个故事新闻)

儿童图书
儿童图书: 美国是她的名字 (1998 路沿石新闻); It Doesn’t Have to be This Way: 一个巴里奥故事 (1999 Children’s Book Press); 思, 它可以! 是的, 我们可以! (文章和诗) (2002 Cinco Puntos Press)

小说
小说: 东洛杉矶共和国: 故事 (2002 巴列卡诺/ HarperCollins出版社); 音乐轧机 (小说, 2005 巴列卡诺/ HarperCollins出版社)

======================================

主要奖项
1989 诗歌中心图书奖, 旧金山州立大学; 1991 和 2003 PEN约瑟芬·迈尔斯奖优秀文学; 1992 兰南团契诗歌; 1993 卡尔·桑德堡文学奖; 1993 芝加哥太阳时报图书奖; 1996 Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest Writers’ Award; 1997 National Association for Poetry Therapy Public Service Award; 1998 西班牙遗产奖文学; 1999 帕特森奖图书年轻成人; 1999 和 2000 “Skipping Stones” Magazine Honor Award; 1999 “Foreword” Magazine’s Silver Book Award; 1999 父母选择儿童图书奖; 2000 Illinois Author of the Year Award; 2000 Americas Award for Children’s and Young Adult Literature Commended Title; 2001 Premio Fronterizo of the Border Book Festival, 拉斯克鲁塞斯, NM; 2001 “Unsung Heroes of Compassion” Award, presented by His Holiness the Dalai Lama for Wisdom in Action; 2002 加州艺术委员会奖学金; 2002 圣丹斯协会艺术创作奖学金; 2002 Booksense选择 (七月/八月); 2003 本月本书, “Despierta America”/Univision… and more.

各大媒体报道
奥普拉·温弗瑞秀; 早安美国; PBS-TV “Making Peace” Series; KET-TV的GED扫盲系列PBS; National Public Radio’s “Morning Edition,“”考虑到所有的事情,“”空气清新,” “Talk of the Nation”; Pacifica的广播电台的“现在民主”; CNN “Sonya Live,“”讲活“; BBC伦敦; 福克斯电视新闻; Discovery Health Network’s “Life Force” series; 吉姆·莱勒新闻时间; Learning Channel’s “Rites of Passage” documentary; PBS-TV’s “Realidades” series; C-SPAN, 和西班牙语广播/电视/打印，包括悠景, Telemundo电视台, 和Galavision . Also Hip Hop radio shows like Street Science w/ Dominque DiPrima, 神圣的力量电台, 唤醒展, 天狼星卫星广播, 多.

主要评测 & 在出版物采访
纽约时报, 洛杉矶时报, 芝加哥论坛报, 香格里拉意见 (西班牙语), 华盛顿邮报, 新闻日报, 落基山新闻, San Jose Mercury, 圣迭戈联合论坛报, 拉丁杂志, Bloomsbury Review, 洛杉矶杂志, 诗闪光, 洛杉矶时报杂志, 芝加哥杂志, 脸部 (伦敦), 国家, Entertainment Weekly, 基督教科学箴言报, 太阳, 出版商周刊, LOWRIDER (美国), Aelle杂志 (意大利), K-码 (意大利); 比戈 (新加坡), 人物周刊 (西班牙语), 世界 (西班牙), LOWRIDER (日本), 新闻报做巴西 (巴西); fRoot (伦敦), 多.

网站: www.luisjrodriguez.com