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Luis J. Rodriguez

LUIS J. RODRÍGUEZ’s bestselling autobiographical account,Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. (1993) has been followed by numerous other books. He has written for The NationGrand StreetLos Angeles Weekly, and Americas Review, among others. Winner of a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, and an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship for Poetry, Rodríguez is also the founder of Tía Chucha Press, publishing emerging, socially conscious poets. He lives in San Fernando, California, with his wife, Trini, and their family. Luis is currently a candidate for the Green Party nomination for Governor of California.

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Celebrating National Latinx Heritage Month

National Latinx Heritage Month is a period from September 15 to October 15 in the United States during which time we honor the contributions of Latinx Americans to the United States and celebrate their heritage and culture. The commemoration begins each year on September 15, the anniversary of independence of five Latin American countries: Costa Rica,

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