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Best known for his autobiographical Always Running: La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A., LUIS RODRIGUEZ has written for the Nation, Grand Street, and the Los Angeles Weekly, among others. Winner of a National Book Award, a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, and an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship for poetry, Rodriguez is also the founder of Tía Chucha Press, which publishes emerging socially conscious poets. He lives in San Fernando, California, with his wife, Trina, and their family. In 2014, Rodriguez was named Poet Laureate of the City of Los Angeles.
Luis Rodriguez's life was once in the grip of gang brotherhood and rivalries, but unlike many he was able to turn himself around. Informed by his work with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, HEARTS AND HANDS suggests concrete approaches to the violence facing youth today. Including real-life examples, he incorporates specific strategies for change and draws inspiration from Joseph Campbell, Lao-tzu, and Buddhism, offering an optimism rarely encountered in the literature of life on the streets, and forging a powerful, insightful and healing appeal for change.
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- PublisherSeven Stories Press,U.S.
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 1583225641
- ISBN 13 9781583225646
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages368
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Book Description Softcover. Condition: New. Hearts and Hands deals with many of the difficult issues addressed in Luis Rodríguezs memoir of gang life, Always Running, but with a focus on healing through community building. Empowered by his experiences as a peacemaker with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Rodríguez offers a unique book of change. He makes concrete suggestions, shows how we can create nonviolent opportunities for youth today, and redirects kids into productive and satisfying lives. And he warns that we sacrifice community values for material gain when we incarcerate or marginalize people already on the edge of society. His interest in dissolving gang influence on black and latino kids is personal as well as societal; his son, to whom he dedicates Hearts and Hands, is currently serving a prison sentence for gang-related activity. With anecdotes, interviews, and time-tested guidelines, Hearts and Hands makes a powerful argument for building and supporting community life. Seller Inventory # DADAX1583225641
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