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Luis J. Rodríguez
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Luis J. Rodríguez

The son of Mexican immigrants, Luis J. Rodriguez began writing in his early teens and has won national recognition as a poet, journalist, fiction writer, children's book writer, and critic. Currently working as a peacemaker among gangs on a national and international level, Rodriguez helped create Tia Chucha's Café & Centro Cultural, a multiarts, multimedia cultural center in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. Visit his website: www.luisjrodriguez.com.

Luis J. Rodríguez's Books

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La Vida Loca (Always Running)
La Vida Loca (Always Running) El Testimonio de un Pandillero en Los Angeles By: Luis J. Rodríguez
This edition: Trade Paperback, 304 pages
Publication date: September 6, 2005
"A los doce años, Luis Rodríguez ya era un veterano de la guerra entre las pandillas de East Los Angeles. Atraído por una cultura pandillera aparentemente insuperable, fue testigo de un sinfín de balaceras,...
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Always Running Browse Inside Always Running
Always Running By: Luis J. Rodríguez
This edition: Trade Paperback, 288 pages
Publication date: September 6, 2005
By age twelve, Luis Rodriguez was a veteran of East L.A. gang warfare. Lured by a seemingly invincible gang culture, he witnessed countless shootings, beatings, and arrests, then watched with increasing fear as drugs, murder,...
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