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A former gang member and author of the National Book Award-winning Concrete River shares his inspiring, inspirational tale of breaking free from his violent surrogate family, using the work of Joseph Campbell, Lao-tzu, and others to drive his message home.
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Luis Rodriguez's life was once in the grip of gang brotherhood and rivalries, but unlike many who enter that world, he was able to turn himself around. Informed by Rodriguez's work as a peacemaker with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Hearts and Hands suggests concrete approaches to the violence facing youth today. Including real-life examples of the young people he has met on his path, he incorporates specific strategies for change and draws inspiration from Joseph Campbell, Lao-tzu, and Buddhist thinkers. Rodriguez's grassroots perspective gives his writing both weight and an optimism rarely encountered in the literature of life on the streets, forging a powerful, insightful and healing appeal for change.
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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 theLos 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.
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- PublisherSeven Stories Press,U.S.
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1583222634
- ISBN 13 9781583222638
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages365
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