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 T
he Nation,
Grand Street,
Los 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.
