Lunch Poems – Luis Rodriguez

Always Running: La Vida Loca Gang Days in LA – 2005 – 292 pages

Trochemoche: Poems – 1998 – 112 pages

My Nature is Hunger: New & Selected Poems 1989 … – 2005 – 149 pages

[and from e-poets.net]
Rodriguez’ work speaks of Latinos’ disenfranchisement and pursuit of empowerment in the United States in a voice that is faithful to its culture, unapologetic, and proud. His writing remains accessible to the broader Anglo society in which it lives. In 2000, Rodriguez moved his immediate family from Chicago back to Los Angeles to be closer to relatives, and to continue his writing energized by his experiences decades before. His mission through Tia Chucha then evolved into a café, bookstore, and arts center. Further information on Rodriguez can be found at the author’s own website.

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A Procession of Limbs

Eva sitting on the curb with pen and paper before the torturers come to get her
(A conversation with P.Z.)

from Trochemoche

Meeting the Animal in Washington Square Park

from Trochemoche

My Name Is Not Rodriguez

Pedazo por Pedazo (“Step by Step”)

The Old Woman of Mérida

from Trochemoche

Victory, Victoria, My Beautiful Whisper

from Trochemoche