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The Writer's Journey with Laura Davis PodcastPause for Peace: At Albany Bulb with ElaineEach week, Laura pairs a beautiful image with a poem—a little something for your heart and nervous system every Wednesday. Today's featured poem: At Albany Bulb with Elaine by Alison Luterman.Alison Luterman is a poet, essayist and playwright. Her books include the poetry collections In the Time of Great Fires (Catamaran Press), Desire Zoo (Tia Chucha Press), The Largest Possible Life (Cleveland State University Press) See How We Almost Fly (Pearl Editions), and a collection of essays, Feral City (SheBooks). Luterman's plays include Saying Kaddish With My Sister, Hot Water, Glitter and Spew, Oas...2025-07-2303 min
Comadres y Comics PodcastEpisode 250: Squad GoalsPlease remember to rate and review our podcast!Check out your YouTube channel @comadresycomics CHISME DE LA SEMANA: Max Original Series: Chespirito: No Really on Purpose. Biographical series that follows the life of Roberto Gómez Bolaños, the creator of El Chavo del 8 and El Chapulín Colorado. ON MY RADAR: Krypto: Last Dog of Krypton W: Ryan North A: Mike Norton@qwantz @miketron2000 HORA DE LA CERVECITA: Firestone Walker Brewing Co., We 💖LA West Coast Pilsner@firestonewalkerBOOK REVIEW: Squad Goals Creator: Shaqueta L. Smith @sherocomicsAfter getting booted from...2025-05-3056 min
Talking WaterWater Learning Series: Los Angeles - Session Nine with Kaytlynn Johnston & Zacarías Bernal“In my imagination, we need to decommodify everything natural…No one should have to pay for access to clean water…These are all basic human rights. We need to imagine that we can come back to that…We need to learn what reciprocity means with the Earth.” –Zacarías Bernal, Program Assistant Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural & BookstoreWelcome to the Water Learning Series: Los Angeles. Throughout 2024, we have been hosting conversations with organizations, community projects, tribal organizations, activists, organizers, and leaders from LA and places impacted by LA’s water story. We’ve arrived at Session Nine. O...2024-10-171h 34
Poetic ResurrectionLuis J Rodriguez - Poet/Author/ActivistWe are thrilled to welcome back Luis J. Rodriguez, former Los Angeles Poet Laureate from 2014 to 2016, in this episode. We discuss the Always Running festival, which is named after his well-known book - Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. Since our last interview, Luis has been traveling with his wife Trini for poetry readings and speaking engagements around the world. Currently, he is working on a script with Freddy Negrete based on the true story of the killing of David Dominguez, a gang member, by San Gabriel ex-cop Billy Joe McIlvain. We also touch on...2024-07-1731 min
The Qreative LifeTQL S2E9 - Tanzila "Taz" AhmedTanzila “Taz” Ahmed is a political strategist, storyteller, and artist based in Los Angeles. She creates at the intersection of counternarratives and culture-shifting as a South Asian American Muslim 2nd-gen woman. She’s turned out over 500,000 Asian American voters, recorded five years of the award winning Good Muslim Bad Muslim podcast and made #MuslimVDay cards for a decade.
Her essays are published in the anthologies, New Moons, Pretty Bitches, Whiter, Good Girls Marry Doctors, Love Inshallah, and in numerous online publications.
She’s published poetry collections Emdash and Ellipses (2016) & The Day The Moon Split in Two (202...2024-05-151h 00
RAMA BlueprintseXtra Commentary: Tia Chucha's Trauma To TransformationOn February 8th, 2024 we facilitated a discussion about the current state of Juvenile Justice in San Francisco as part of our Tres Generaciones/Three Voices conversations. In this eXtra Commentary we are joined by two frontline staff of Tia Chucha’s Trauma To Transformation team Elvia Aguirre and Freddie Chavez. They work and serve youth incarcerated in various juvenile detention centers throughout Los Angeles County. They reflect upon the dialogue of the live podcast and comment on some of the similarities and differences between the Trauma To Transformation program and SF’s efforts.This episode was produced and...2024-04-1221 min
Words on a WirePoets' Cove #28 Alejandro MoralesHost Daniel Chacón invites author Alejandro Morales into the Poets’ Cove to discuss his new novel, The Place of the White Heron (Tia Chucha Press, 2023).2024-04-1134 min
First Things First With Dominique DiPrimaPoet Luis Rodriguez: A Chicano Progressive's Journey & His Art & Activism TodayLuis Rodriguez is a poet, author, activist and a scholar of the indigenous healing practices of his ancestors. He is a former gubernatorial candidate and co-founder of Tia Chucha's Cultural Center, bookstore and press. On this podcast he shares his origin story as a progressive after his arrest at the Chicano Moratorium and looks at issues facing America and progressives today. www.TiaChucha.Org2024-04-0744 minPoetic ResurrectionRuben Rodriguez - Book EditorRuben Rodriguez, our guest for this month's episode of the Poetic Resurrection Podcast, is a highly accomplished editor and English teacher. He shares with us the intriguing story of how he first ventured into the world of editing and teaching. From a young age, Ruben had a deep appreciation for literature and storytelling, which led him to pursue a degree in English. Throughout his academic journey, he discovered his talent for editing and his ability to bring out the best in written works. His passion for working with writers and helping them refine their stories is evident in every...2024-02-1527 min
How To LALA Lit: Indie Booksellers Share More Recs On Best Books About The City#227: Today, we’re once again enlisting some local independent booksellers to help us understand L.A. better. This time we headed to Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore in Sylmar, Octavia's Bookshelf in Pasadena, Vroman's Bookstore in Pasadena and Reparations Club near West Adams. Books mentioned: "Ask the Dust" by John Fante "Mercurochrome: New Poems" by Wanda Coleman "Always Running" by Luis J. Rodriguez "Kindred" by Octavia Butler "Parable of the Sower" by Octavia Butler "The Lost Cause" by Cory Doctorow "KAOS Theory: The Afrokosmic Ark of Ben Caldwell" by Robeson Taj Frazier with Ben Caldwell "Ther...2024-01-3126 min
Tara Reitz: Let Us ReconnectMy interview with Ed Tick (part 1)My interview with Ed Tick could have lasted for hours. But, for your sake we kept it under an hour. Interviewing Ed didn't feel like an interview, but rather it felt like I was learning from an ancient universal wisdom keeper. His experience and understandings of ancient Greek history and Viet Nam are just the tip of the iceberg. We discuss PTSD in the military, death, the art of initiation, and ancient healing practices.
This is a two-part interview. If you are interested in the works of Ed Tick, his information and books are listed below.
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Eric's Perspective : A podcast series on African American artEric's Perspective Feat. Peter J. HarrisIn this episode, Eric sits down with renowned author Peter J. Harris. They discuss his early beginnings; from having been born in Washington D.C, studying journalism at Howard University to eventually pursuing a career as a writer. They discuss his personal life and how he first developed an interest in poetry — meeting influential artists and master poets who inspired him. How poetry served as a vehicle to express himself in order to explore social and personal ideas… and cultivating his own voice as an a writer. His journey as a published author, creating both fictional and non-fiction work and...2023-08-101h 04
SOLEFULSeeds for the SOLE: Credo by Deborah MirandaThe poems of Deborah Miranda bypass the filters imposed by colonization and certain patterns in contemporary culture, open up paths for the reader to directly connect with primordial elemental energies of the world we live in. Allowing us to feel and express the sense of beauty and renewal when we are in direct relation to the land and its beings around us. “Raised by Humans” Tia Chucha Press. Read by Miguel Rivera2023-06-2301 minComadres y Comics PodcastEpisode 186: Rad LazyPlease remember to rate and review our podcast on Apple Podcasts, CastBox or on our website!
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CHISME DE LA SEMANA: Writers strike.
ON MY RADAR: Beetlejuice 2 & SOMETHING EPIC #1
HORA DE LA CERVECITA: Hana Hou Hefe by Waikiki Brewing Company
BOOK REVIEW: Rad Lazy by Writer/illustrator: Jeanine-Jonee @jenjoink
EN LA LIBRERIA: Mythic Creature Trainer - a fun fantasy Graphic Novel-A colourful comic about dragons, griffins, adventure and friendship! http://kck.st/3LC7N3W
JUNTOS Y FUERTES...2023-05-181h 04
Her Deepest Ecologies: The PodcastEpisode 4: Claudia Castro LunaI have seen Claudia Castro Luna perform at the Skagit River Poetry Festival and have admired her poetry for a long time. Her latest book, Cipota Under the Moon, which came out last May “scores a series of poems as an ode to the Salvadoran immigrant experience in the United States.” I have always appreciated how ecopoetics and social justice appear seamlessly in Claudia’s work and in this conversation I wanted to talk more about how she addresses beauty, place, and community. She has served as both Seattle Civic Poet and Washington State Poet Laureate and is currently a Writ...2023-05-1337 min
Healing GenerationsElders: Luis J. Rodriguez - Piece by PieceJoin Maestro Jerry Tello and Luis J. Rodriguez as they discuss the difference between anger and rage, the role of art in healing, and how a mentor doesn’t save others, but equips people with useful tools to help themselves. For more, please visit: Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore , Bookstore , Luis J. Rodriguez's Website , Hummingbird Cricket Hour Podcast , National Compadres Network , Jerry Tello's Website , Jerry Tello's Books Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healgenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HealGenPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Healing.Generations.Podcast2023-04-1141 minHealing GenerationsYelders: Ramiro Rodriguez - Sobriety and Cultural Connection: A Path to HealingJoin us as Cisco Gallardo and Ramiro Rodriguez discuss making the choices to create change in your life, how community can help you transform, and exploring your cultural roots to find purpose. To learn more, please visit: Tía Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore , National Compadres Network Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/healgenpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HealGenPodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Healing.Generations.Podcast Email: HGP@compadresnetwork.org2023-02-141h 11
Path 11 PodcastHealing Through Dream Incubation, Visions, Oracles and Pilgrimage with Edward TickEdward Tick, PhD is a nonfiction writer and poet. He is a transformational healer, holistic psychotherapist, educator, consultant and international journey guide. Dr. Tick has been working to heal the invisible wounds of war and violent trauma for over forty years. He is honored for his groundbreaking work in the spiritual, holistic, and community-based healing of veterans and other survivors of severe violence who suffer Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and moral injury. He has published breakthrough books in this field, including the award-winning War and the Soul. His work introduced the ancient concept of soul wounding and...2023-02-1353 min
CODEPINK RadioReimagining King’s Vision - The Fierce Urgency of NowFrom Ukraine to Uvalde we see the crises of which Rev. Dr. King warned, militarism, materialism, racism and the prospect of spiritual death. This special episode addresses how we may better work for peace. Presenters will be Medea Benjamin (CODEPINK), Ash-Lee Henderson (Highlander Center), Tiffany Loftin (The Debt Collective), Rev. Liz Theoharis (Poor People’s Campaign), and Luis Rodriguez (Tia Chucha’s Centro Cultural and Bookstore). Initiating sponsors: CODEPINK, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Highlander Center, The National Council of Elders and the King and Breaking Silence Coalition, in cooperation with other partner organizations.2023-02-041h 40
Lannan Center PodcastPatricia Smith | 2022-2023 Readings & TalksOn Tuesday, January 24th, 2023, The Lannan Center hosted a reading and conversation with poet Patricia Smith,Patricia Smith is the award-winning author of eight critically-acclaimed books of poetry, including Incendiary Art (Triquarterly Books, 2017), winner of the 2018 Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, the 2018 NAACP Image Award, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize; Shoulda Been Jimi Savannah (Coffee House Press, 2012), winner of the Lenore Marshall Prize from the Academy of American Poets; Blood Dazzler (Coffee House Press, 2008), a National Book Award finalist; and Gotta Go, Gotta Flow (CityFiles Press, 2015), a collaboration...2023-01-2452 min
Sojourner Truth RadioSojourner Truth: Tuesday November 8, 2022Today is Election Day in the U.S. voters across the US will have their last opportunity to go to the polls and vote. It is a critical election that will determine which party Democrats or Republicans will control the House of Representatives as well as the Senate. Additionally, there are other key elections across the country including governors, mayors, judges and senators.
Many are calling this election one of the most critical as it comes at a time that the country is polarized with the influence of Donald Trump strongly felt. This election will determine the direction of the...2022-11-0959 minSojourner Truth RadioSojourner Truth: Tuesday November 8, 2022Today is Election Day in the U.S. voters across the US will have their last opportunity to go to the polls and vote. It is a critical election that will determine which party Democrats or Republicans will control the House of Representatives as well as the Senate. Additionally, there are other key elections across the country including governors, mayors, judges and senators.
Many are calling this election one of the most critical as it comes at a time that the country is polarized with the influence of Donald Trump strongly felt. This election will determine the direction of the...2022-11-0959 min
DOBLE MITRAEpisodio 2: Los TembloresAyer hacía calor y hoy hace frío. Fijo hay un temblor, como diría mi tía Camucha ¡Ay chucha!
En este episodio rompemos mitos sobre los temblores.
#RenzoShuller y #MathiasBrivio
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Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their Say w/ Tony DiazClaudia Castro Luna's Final Stop at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio!The Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to anchor a Texas Tri-City Tour of Latino Literature following the trail blazed by The Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books.
Salvadoran American poet Claudia Castro Luna will visit each stop to present her collection of poetry Cipota Under the Moon. It's published by Tia Chucha Press from Los Angeles California founded by Los Angeles Poet Laureate, and gubernatorial candidate, Luis J. Rodriguez. Rodriguez's books formed part of the Mexican American Studies curriculum banned in Arizona.
The Latino Bookstore will provide sales at each stop.
Each evening will be hosted by Tony Diaz, El...2022-08-1557 min
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their SayClaudia Castro Luna's Final Stop at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio!The Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to anchor a Texas Tri-City Tour of Latino Literature following the trail blazed by The Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books. Salvadoran American poet Claudia Castro Luna will visit each stop to present her collection of poetry Cipota Under the Moon. It's published by Tia Chucha Press from Los Angeles California founded by Los Angeles Poet Laureate, and gubernatorial candidate, Luis J. Rodriguez. Rodriguez's books formed part of the Mexican American Studies curriculum banned in Arizona. The Latino Bookstore will provide sales at each stop. Cristina Balli, Director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts...2022-08-1552 min
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their SayNuestra Palabra Radio - Claudia Castro Luna's Texas Tri City Book Tour in Austin!The Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to anchor a Texas Tri-City Tour of Latino Literature following the trail blazed by The Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books.
Salvadoran American poet Claudia Castro Luna will visit each stop to present her collection of poetry Cipota Under the Moon. It's published by Tia Chucha Press from Los Angeles California founded by Los Angeles Poet Laureate, and gubernatorial candidate, Luis J. Rodriguez. Rodriguez's books formed part of the Mexican American Studies curriculum banned in Arizona.
The Latino Bookstore will provide sales at each stop.
Cristina Balli, Director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center...2022-08-1551 min
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their Say w/ Tony DiazNuestra Palabra Radio - Claudia Castro Luna's Texas Tri City Book Tour in Austin!The Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to anchor a Texas Tri-City Tour of Latino Literature following the trail blazed by The Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books.
Salvadoran American poet Claudia Castro Luna will visit each stop to present her collection of poetry Cipota Under the Moon. It's published by Tia Chucha Press from Los Angeles California founded by Los Angeles Poet Laureate, and gubernatorial candidate, Luis J. Rodriguez. Rodriguez's books formed part of the Mexican American Studies curriculum banned in Arizona.
The Latino Bookstore will provide sales at each stop.
Cristina Balli, Director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center...2022-08-1551 min
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their SayGulfton Neighborhood Showcase: Poet Clauda Castro Luna #NPJ #HOUThe Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to anchor a Texas Tri-City Tour of Latino Literature following the trail blazed by The Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books. Salvadoran American poet Claudia Castro Luna will visit each stop to present her collection of poetry Cipota Under the Moon. It's published by Tia Chucha Press from Los Angeles California founded by Los Angeles Poet Laureate, and gubernatorial candidate, Luis J. Rodriguez. Rodriguez's books formed part of the Mexican American Studies curriculum banned in Arizona. The Latino Bookstore will provide sales at each stop. Cristina Balli, Director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts...2022-07-1956 min
Nuestra Palabra: Latino Writers Have Their Say w/ Tony DiazGulfton Neighborhood Showcase: Poet Clauda Castro Luna #NPJ #HOUThe Latino Bookstore & Gift Shop is proud to anchor a Texas Tri-City Tour of Latino Literature following the trail blazed by The Librotraficante Caravan of Banned Books.
Salvadoran American poet Claudia Castro Luna will visit each stop to present her collection of poetry Cipota Under the Moon. It's published by Tia Chucha Press from Los Angeles California founded by Los Angeles Poet Laureate, and gubernatorial candidate, Luis J. Rodriguez. Rodriguez's books formed part of the Mexican American Studies curriculum banned in Arizona.
Cristina Balli, Director of the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center, which houses the bookstore, said, "The Latino Bookstore is...2022-07-1956 min
Cascadian ProphetsInterview with Claudia Castro LunaInterview with Claudia Castro Luna, recorded 17-JUNE-2022 via Zoom about her new book Cipota Under the Moon published by Tia Chucha Press.2022-07-171h 02Cascadian Prophets PodcastInterview with Claudia Castro LunaInterview with Claudia Castro Luna, recorded 17-JUNE-2022 via Zoom about her new book Cipota Under the Moon published by Tia Chucha Press.2022-07-171h 02
The Marc Steiner ShowMarc Steiner Show: The Chicano activist poet running against Gavin NewsomFrom gang life and drug addiction in East LA to community organizing, activism, and becoming an internationally acclaimed poet and writer, Luis J. Rodriguez has walked a long and arduous path. Now Rodriguez is running for governor in the California primaries under the campaign slogan “Imagine a New California for Shared Well-Being. Then Let's Build It!” Primary voting will take place on June 7. In this installment of The Marc Steiner Show, Marc speaks with Rodriguez about his campaign and why—in this urgent and dangerous political moment when the right is ascending, climate change and inequality are accelerating, and working people...2022-05-3128 min
Hablemos EscritorasEpisodio 337: Rompiendo fronteras - Claudia Castro Luna"El Salvador existe en dos lugares: el la diáspora y los que viven en El Salvador" dice Claudia Castro Luna, quien es la Poeta Laureada ingaugural del estado de Washington. Es docente en Seattle ha trabajado para crear espacios multilingues, rescatar la memoria de los migrantes salvadoreños y de otras presencias latinas en ese estado. Su libro Killing Marias: A Poem For Multiple Voices (Two Sylvias Press, 2017) lo escribe en 7 años para despertar conciencia sobre la gran tragedia de los feminicidios en Ciudad Juárez y darles vida a las mujeres que la han perdido. Su último libro...2022-05-1819 min
Tiahui TalksTouching the Ancestors: A Conversation with Tia Chucha Press founder, Luis J. RodriguezTia Chucha Press is one of the country’s leading small cross-cultural presses, focused on socially engaged poetry and literature that matters. Learn more about Tia Chucha Press with the founder Luis J. Rodriguez and our bookstore team Karen Ugarte, Rocket Garcia, & Brian Reyes. 2022-04-2952 min
Coming Home WellComing Home In Viet Nam ~ Edward Tick, PhDIn this episode, Tyler talks with Edward Tick, PhD, a nonfiction writer and poet, about his recent book "Coming Home In Viet Nam: Poems " as well as Greek traditions and some of the oldest writings on warfare. In addition to a writer/poet, Dr. Tick is a transformational healer, holistic psychotherapist, educator, consultant and international journey guide who has been working with veterans for a long time to help with moral injuries and PTSD.
COMING HOME IN VIET NAM (TIA CHUCHA PRESS, 2021)
Seeking the most powerful healing practices to address the invisible wounds...2022-04-0855 minTiahui Talks21 -Mexica New Year: Conversations on Danza MexicaIn honor of Mexica New Year we are introducing the Danza Mexica groups part of the initiation of our Indigenous in Us: Embracing Ancestral Knowledge & Sharing the Beauty of Practice project that began in 2019. Showcasing Northeast San Fernando Valley community-based indigenous practices of Native Mexica and the local Native American Tribe to benefit individual and social wellbeing through the sharing of ancestral knowledge and arts.2022-03-121h 23Tiahui Talks20 - All About LoveWhat is love? What does it mean to you? Inspired by the book All About love by bell hooks, host Andrea Lopez talks to a few friends about their thoughts and experiences on love. 2022-02-1543 min
Tiahui Talks19 - Nurturing Our Home: 20 Years of ResiliencyHosts Michael and Melissa meet with Co-founders Luis J. Rodriguez and Trini Rodriguez as well as CWF coordinator Karina Ceja to discuss the 20 year history of Tia Chucha’s and all the moves along the way.2022-01-2148 minPoetic ResurrectionColors of Life - Luivette RestoThis week on Poetic Resurrection we have Luivette Resto. We discuss her poem Living on Islands Not Found on Maps. How growing up bi-culturally and using Spanglish or as I like to call it “fusion of words”. We had a great time conversing about Puerto Rican culture. I love guests I can laugh with and laugh we did.
Luivette Resto was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico, but proudly raised in the Bronx. Her two books of poetry, Unfinished Portrait, and Ascension were published by Tía Chucha Press. Her third collection of poetry is from FlowerSong Press...2021-12-2151 minTiahui Talks18 - Young Warriors Mentoring ProgramLearn about the program from founder Mayra Zaragoza and participants Vianey Moreno & Alejandra Jimenez. Facilitated by Karen Ugarte, Tia Chucha's Bookstore Manager.2021-12-1450 min
Ocu-PasiónReclaiming Our Stories with Legendary Poet Luis J. RodriguezSend us a textCapítulo 004: On this episode of Ocu-Pasión we are joined by Luis J. Rodriguez, LA-based poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist who served as the 2014 Los Angeles Poet Laureate. Listen in as we have a soulful discussion on writing, gang life in early years, and his cultural contributions to the world.Luis J. Rodriguez has been a champion for the arts since he escaped gang life and drug addiction in his teens by painting murals, social justice activism, and writing. He's co-founder with his wife Trini of Tia Chucha's Centro Cu...2021-11-2953 minTiahui Talks17- Zapatismo with Chicanx World-Making and Futurities ProjectTia Chucha’s Tiahui Talks host Rebecca interviews the collective minds behind the Chicanx World-Making and Futurities Project and their experiences with Zapatismo as a layer of influence in their multiple efforts documenting stories or resistance.Want to be part of Tierra y Libertad Press? They have a Call for Submission! The topic is: “Xicanista Radicalisms: Xicanx Bodies of Being.” Deadline is December 5, 2021. Follow the link here for more info: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQoA4V4WmigSgoQkKKrIr0Aj6tT2F8mpWlkVB06KEJCRY8Pg/viewformLinktree: https://linktr.ee/xicana_tiahuiFollow...2021-11-241h 16
Street Poets PodcastFIRESIDE with Luis J. RodriguezIf Street Poets had a Hall of Fame, LUIS J. RODRIGUEZ would be one of the very first writers our community would choose to honor with enshrinement. Luis is the former Poet Laureate of Los Angeles and the acclaimed author of 16 books, including the best-selling memoir "Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.," known anecdotally as the most stolen book in Los Angeles Public Library history. In this first installment in our "Fireside" series of conversations with elders, poets and artists who have inspired us, we steal Luis himself for a soulful, enlightening conversation infused with indi...2021-10-2241 min