Luis J. Rodriguez

thumb|Luis Rodriguez in 2009 Luis Javier Rodriguez (born 1954) is an American poet, novelist, journalist, critic, and columnist. Quotes I do more non-fiction writing. I have two memoirs, another nonfiction book, and I do lots of essays, journalism, poetry, and reporting. But I love the fiction. As you know I have a novel, a short story collection, and two children’s books. It’s more challenging to write fiction, but I’d like to do more of these. I don’t really prefer one over the other. On his writing preferences in “An Interview with Luis J. Rodriguez” (Evanston Public Library; 2011) Gangs have always existed—they are primarily a community a young men trying to find intensity, meaning, a path to the outer world (outside of home) that most tribal groupings addressed with rituals, rites of passage, initiation ceremonies. We’ve lost this knowledge as a culture. Gangs also exist when there are lots of empties in a person, in family, in community. It points out how we need to do more to bring real art, passions, teachings, caring, and resources into the emptiness of young peoples’ lives… On how gangs might be viewed in “An Interview with Luis J. Rodriguez” (Evanston Public Library; 2011) …The root cause of poverty and crime is capitalism itself. We need a society based on cooperation, caring and creativity – not profits, war and social control. For troubled men and women, we need to give people a “chance to live,” as Clarence Darrow once said. To start, we need a government that works for us – not the 1%. On what he pinpoints on the reasons for poverty and other social issues in California in “Redefining Democracy in California: An Interview With Luis Rodriguez” in Truthout (2014 May 28) External links Category:Poets from Texas Category:Novelists from Texas Category:Journalists from Texas Category:Columnists from the United States Category:Critics from the United States Category:Children's authors Category:Politicians from Texas Category:Activists from Texas Category:1954 births Category:Living people Category:Green Party of the United States politicians Category:People from El Paso