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Luis J. Rodríguez (b. 1954) is a poet, journalist, memoirist, and author of children’s books, short stories, and novels. His documentation of urban and Mexican immigrant life has made him one of the most prominent Chicano literary voices in the United States. Born in El Paso, Texas, to Mexican immigrant parents, Rodríguez grew up in Los Angeles, where in his teen years he joined a gang, lived on the streets, and became addicted to heroin. In his twenties, after turning his back on gang violence and drugs, Rodríguez began his career as a journalist and then award-winning poet, writing such books as the memoir Always Running (1993), and the poetry collections The Concrete River (1991), Poems Across the Pavement (1989), and Trochemoche (1998). ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 10,499 ratings · 1,190 reviews · 38 distinct works • Similar authors

	Always Running 4.04 avg rating — 8,384 ratings — published 1993 — 55 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Calls You Back: An Odyssey through Love, Addiction, Revolutions, and Healing 3.91 avg rating — 488 ratings — published 2011 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Republic of East L.A. 4.01 avg rating — 451 ratings — published 2002 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Concrete River: Poems 4.28 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times 4.33 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Music of the Mill 3.59 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Trochemoche 4.07 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	América Is Her Name 4.09 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1998 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Doesn't Have to Be This Way/No tiene que ser asi: A Barrio Story/Una historia del barrio by Luis J. Rodríguez, Daniel Galvez (Illustrations) 3.76 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	My Nature is Hunger: New and Selected Poems, 1989 2004 4.41 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2005 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“cry, child, for those without tears have a grief which never ends.”
― Luis J. Rodriguez, Always Running

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“The more you know, the more you owe.”
― Luis J. Rodríguez, Always Running

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“You 'will never belive it.”
― Luis J. Rodriguez, Always Running

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. by Luis J. Rodriguez

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The Wish Giver: Three Tales of Coven Tree by Bill Brittain

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