From Our Land to Our Land, Luis J. Rodriguez
From Our Land to Our Land, Luis J. Rodriguez
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From Our Land to Our Land
Essays, Journeys, and Imaginings from a Native Xicanx Writer

Author: Luis J. Rodriguez

Narrator: Luis J. Rodriguez

Unabridged: 8 hr 35 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 01/26/2021


Synopsis

Luis J. Rodriguez writes about race, culture, identity, and belonging and what these all mean and should mean (but often fail to) in the volatile climate of our nation. His passion and wisdom inspire us with the message that we must come together if we are to move forward. As he writes in the preface, "Like millions of Americans, I'm demanding a new vision, a qualitatively different direction, for this country. One for the shared well-being of everyone. One with beauty, healing, poetry, imagination, and truth." The pieces in From Our Land to Our Land capture that same fantastic energy and wisdom and will spark conversation and inspiration.

About Luis J. Rodriguez

Former poet laureate of Los Angeles (2014-2016) Luis J. Rodriguez is the author of many works of fiction, nonfiction, memoir, poetry, and children's literature, including Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times and the acclaimed bestseller Always Running. His memoir, It Calls You Back, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2011. He is the recipient of the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers Award, a Lannan Foundation Poetry Fellowship, a Carl Sandburg Book Award, the PEN Josephine Miles Literary Award, and more. A script consultant for the FX drama Snowfall, he founded Barking Rooster Entertainment, a production company for original content for film, TV, and web. Thirty years ago he founded the well-respected Tia Chucha Press, which publishes mostly poetry collections, and he is cofounder of Tia Chucha's Cultural Center and Bookstore in LA's San Fernando Valley. In addition to traveling extensively, he teaches every week at two maximum-security yards at Lancaster State Prison. He was the Green Party's candidate for governor of California in 2014. He lives in the San Fernando Valley with his wife, Trini, and his children, Ramiro, Andrea, Ruben, and Chito.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Craig on February 02, 2020

I love Luis Rodriguez for his writing and for his wisdom and presence in the world. His autobiography Always Running is a classic and his poetry (start with The Concrete River) and fiction (Music of the Mills) is powerful. The first couple of essays in this miscellany serve as a good introduction to......more

Goodreads review by Ann on February 17, 2020

Luis Rodriguez is one of my heroes. He knew he wanted to be a poet when he was a lost kid in LA's gangs and a millwright in a steel mill who finally had a steady job. Then, when he became an established literary figure he turned right around and gave it back to the families and neighborhoods he came......more

Goodreads review by Stefanie on July 04, 2022

The author has good opinions and outlooks but the book doesn’t offer anything really fresh or memorable. Interesting bits have no examples to back then up.......more