Luis Rodriguez is an award-winning Chicano poet and author who will be speaking at the Carolina Theatre in Greensboro. Rodriguez grew up in a gang in East L.A. but was able to leave that life behind through his writing. However, when his son joined a gang, Rodriguez wrote his memoir Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. to tell his own story and warn others about the dangers of gangs. Rodriguez uses dialogue, storytelling, poetry, and art to discuss important issues of race, class, and personal struggles. He is the author of several poetry collections and conducts workshops to share his experiences with others.

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Activist, Award-Wining Poet & Author: Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days In L.A.
Luis Rodriguez is convinced that a writer can change the world.Indeed it is through education & the power of words that
Rodriguez saw his own way out of the barrio of East L.A.& successfully broke free from the years of violence & desperation
he spent as an active gang member.Achieving success as an award-winning Chicano poet, he was sure the streets would
haunt him no more — until his young son joined a gang himself. Rodriguez fought for his child by telling his own story in
the bestseller Always Running: LaVida Loca, Gang Days in L.A., a vivid memoir that explores the motivation of gang life &
cautions against the death & destruction that inevitably claim its participants. Rodriguez addresses the complex but vital
issues of race, class, gender, & personal rage through dialogue, story, poetry,& art. An accomplished poet, Luis Rodriguez
is the author of several collections of poetry,including PoemsAcross the Pavement,The Concrete River,&Trochemoche.
His poetry has won a Poetry Center Book Award, a PEN/Josephine Miles Literary Award, & ForeWord magazine’s Silver
Book Award, among others. Rodriguez conducts workshops, readings, & talks in juvenile detention facilities, migrant
camps, universities, public schools & private schools. Join us for this exciting evening with Luis Rodriguez!
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