Jen Wilton

#LatinoLit Banned Book Review: “Always Running – La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A.” by Luis J. Rodriguez

In this powerful autobiography, Luis J. Rodriguez relates stories from his youth growing up in an impoverished East Los Angeles barrio. The son of Mexican immigrants, from an early age Rodriguez constantly faces barriers to success from a system designed to keep him out. As a result, Rodriguez and his peers are forced to invent the […]

  • Jan 4, 2013
  • 2:12 PM

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