Luis J. Rodriguez
Luis J. Rodriguez
Reading Date: Wednesday, February 15, 1995
- Opening Remarks and "The Boy of All Boys"
- "Cinco de Mayo"
- "¡Seguro Que Hell Yes!"
- "Tía Chucha"
- "The Rooster Who Thought It Was a Dog"
- "The Concrete River"
- Excerpt from Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.
- Question and Answer Session
- Question and Answer Session (Continued)
- Question and Answer Session (Continued)
- Question and Answer Session (Continued) and "The Facts of Life"
Opening Remarks and "The Boy of All Boys"-12833
Rodriguez, Luis J. Trochemoche. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1998.
"Cinco de Mayo"-12834
Differs from published version.
Annotation:
Rodriguez, Luis J. Trochemoche. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1998.
"¡Seguro Que Hell Yes!"-12835
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Rodriguez, Luis J. Trochemoche. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1998.
"Tía Chucha"-12836
Rodriguez, Luis J. The Concrete River. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1991.
"The Rooster Who Thought It Was a Dog"-12837
Rodriguez, Luis J. The Concrete River. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1991.
"The Concrete River"-12838
Rodriguez, Luis J. The Concrete River. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1991.
Excerpt from Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.-12839
Differs slightly from published version.
Annotation:
Rodriguez, Luis J. Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A.. Willimantic, CT: Curbstone Press, 1993.
Question and Answer Session-12840
Audience questions are inaudible.
Question and Answer Session (Continued)-12841
Audience questions are inaudible. Recording cuts out from 06:01 to 06:09.
Question and Answer Session (Continued)-12842
Audience questions are inaudible.
Question and Answer Session (Continued) and "The Facts of Life"-12843
Audience questions are inaudible.
Annotation:
Rodriguez, Luis J. Trochemoche. Willimantic: Curbstone Press, 1998.
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Series: Spring Reading Series
Sponsor(s): UA Poetry Center
Location(s): Modern Languages Auditorium
Luis J. Rodriguez reads from The Concrete River (1991) and Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. (1993), along with poems that would later be collected in Trochemoche (1998). He also discusses his experiences with Los Angeles gang violence and the Chicano movement as well as his work with at-risk youth.
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