| Luis J. Rodriguez has emerged as one of the leading Chicano writers in the country with fifteen published books in memoir, fiction, nonfiction, children’s literature, et la poésie. Luis’ poetry has won a Poetry Center Book Award, Miles Prix littéraire PEN Josephine, and a Paterson Poetry Book Prize, entre autres. 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, deux Skipping Stones Honor Awards, et choix Book Award d'un parent. Un recueil de nouvelles, “The Republic of East L.A.,” and a novel, "Musique du Moulin,” came out in 2001 et 2005, both from Rayo Books/Harper Collins. A poetry collection, “My Nature is Hunger: Nouveau & Selected Poems” appeared in 2005 from Curbstone Press/Rattle Edition (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 & C Press of Pajaro, CA for sale to collectors, universités, bibliothèques, and other institutions, including “Seven,” “Two Women/Dos Mujeres,” “Perhaps,” and “Making Medicine.”
Luis is best known for the 1993 mémoire de la vie de gang, "Courir toujours: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. " (poche par Touchstone Books / Simon & Cordonnier). Now selling more than 400,000 copies, this book garnered a Carl Sandburg Literary Award, 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. Bibliothèque publique de 2003-2005 à 6,000 les élèves du secondaire, 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 livres les plus censurés aux États-Unis
Son dernier livre est la suite tant attendue de "Toujours Courir,” entitled “It Calls You Back: Une odyssée à travers l'amour, Dépendance, Révolutions, et de guérison " (Touchstone Books / Simon & Cordonnier), publié à l'automne 2011. Il ya aussi un e-book de Simon & Schuster and an audio book of “It Calls You Back” from Dreamscape Audio Books.
Pourtant, malgré la controverse, Luis has gained the respect of the literary community. Parmi ses récompenses, 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, un Prix du patrimoine hispanique de littérature, an Algonquin West Literary Award from West Hollywood, CA, a National Association for Poetry Therapy Public Service Award, a California Arts Council Fellowship, un auteur de l'Illinois de l'année, Illinois Arts Council fellowships, la résidence d'un écrivain en Caroline du Nord, et l' 2001 Prix frontières, entre autres.
Luis is also known for helping start community organizations-like Chicago’s Guild Complex, one of the largest literary arts organizations in the Midwest; Humboldt Park ados portée à Chicago; et Tia Chucha presse, l'une des principales petites presses de ce pays. Il est l'un des fondateurs de la jeunesse lutte pour sa survie, a Chicago-based not-for-profit working with gang and non-gang youth. He helped start Rock A Mole (rime avec guacamole) Productions, which produces music/arts festivals, CD, et des films à Los Angeles. 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: Écrit, Joué & Sung” Literacy and Performance Festival. En plus, Luis is a renowned gang intervention specialist in Los Angeles, Chicago, and other cities as well as Mexico and Central America. Son 2001 livre "coeurs & Mains: Création communautaire dans Violent Times " (Seven Stories) résume trois décennies dans ce domaine.
À cause de ce, Luis is has become a leading gang expert testifying through affidavits, témoignages de téléphone, and court appearances in more than 60 cas, 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. gangs défenseurs de la paix et les interventionnistes, dont la 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.
Pour son travail de la communauté, Luis has been recognized by Inner City Struggle of East L.A. with its “Spirit of Struggle”/Ruben Salazar Award; le «Local Hero de prix communautaire (with Trini Rodriguez and Enrique Sanchez) de KCET-TV L.A. et Union Bank of California; "Héros de la non-violence" Award de Rev. Michael Beckwith and the Agape Christian Center in Culver City, CA; et un “Unsung Heroes of Compassion” Award, présenté par Sa Sainteté le Dalaï Lama.
En plus de cela, Luis has spent more than thirty years conducting workshops, lectures, et parle dans les prisons, établissements pour mineurs, refuges pour sans abri, camps migrants, universités, public and private schools, conférences, églises, Réserves amérindiennes, and men’s conferences throughout the country. He’s also traveled to Canada, Europe, Japon, Mexique, Amérique Centrale, Amérique Du Sud, and Puerto Rico doing similar work among disaffected populations. Les villes internationales où il a lu, parlé, and done workshops include Tokyo, Mexico, Guadalajara, Guatemala City, San Salvador, Managua, Cinq, Buenos Aires, Caracas, Londres, Paris, Milan, Rome, Berlin, Amsterdam, Montréal, Toronto, Sarajevo, et d'autres.
Luis has been part of the Mosaic Multicultural Foundation’s Men’s Conferences, événements de la jeunesse, les événements de poésie, hommes-femmes sommets, and more since 1994 with Mosaic founder and mythologist Michael Meade and other teachers. Lors de ces conférences, the complex but vital issues of race, classe, sexe, ainsi que de rage et de douleur personnelle, sont traitées par le dialogue, rituel, histoire, poésie, battement, 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, publié à l'été 2002. Et il est fondateur en 2009 Coq de Barking Divertissement, qui prévoit de créer de nouveaux contenus pour les films, livres, CD, TV, radio, and the Internet.
En plus de cela, Luis’ work has been widely anthologized, including in “Send My Love and a Molotov Cocktail!: Stories of Crime, Amour, and Rebellion” (2011 PM Press, Los Angeles); “Letters of a Nation: Une collection de lettres américaines extraordinaires » (1997 Broadway Books), "La Bible Outlaw de American Poetry" (1999 Mouth Press de Thunder), et "Bum Rush the page: Un Def Poetry Jam " (2001 Three Rivers Press). He’s also appeared on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,"" Good Morning America,” NBC’s “Nightly News with Brian Williams,"Jim Lehrer Nouvelles Heure de PBS-TV, Discovery Channel’s Health Network’s “Life Force,Faire la paix "de PBS-TV",” National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air,"CNN" What Matters,” and Head Line News’ “Leaders with Heart,"Parmi d'autres programmes.
Articles on Luis Rodriguez and reviews of his works have appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, La Opinion (L.A. leading Spanish language publication), Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Oakland Tribune, San Francisco Examiner, Associated Press, L.A. Hebdomadaire, Le Magazine Visage, Entertainment Weekly, Kirkus Review, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, People Magazine (En espagnol), et beaucoup d'autres publications, y compris au Brésil, Mexique, Argentine, Guatemala, Venezuela, Japon, Allemagne, Italie, et de plus.
Les poèmes et des articles de Luis sont apparus au collège & high school textbooks throughout the U.S. et en Europe. He’s been a daily newspaper writer, a weekly newspaper writer, freelancer, and he’s done radio productions/writing for L.A.’s KPFK-FM, California Public Radio, Chicago’s WMAQ-AM’s All-News radio, and 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, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Etats-Unis. Nouvelles & Rapport mondial, L.A. Hebdomadaire, Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, American Poetry Review, The Bloomsbury Review, San Jose Mercury, Grand Street, Utne Reader, Rock & Rap Confidential, Fox News Latino, National Public Radio’s Latino USA, The Huffington Post, The Progressive, et d'autres. |
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