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Luis J. Rodriguez is one of the United States' best known Chicano writers. He has 16 books in poetry. children's literature, fiction, non-fiction, and essays. He's best known for the 1993 best-selling memoir Always Running, La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. and its sequel, It Calls You Back: An Odyssey Through Love, Addiction, Revolutions & Healing. He served as Los Angeles Poet Laureate from 2014-2016. He's also founding editor of Tia Chucha Press, now for 33 years, and co-founder of Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural & Bookstore, now for over 20 years, both in L.A.'s San Fernando Valley. His last poetry book was 2016's Borrowed Bones. His last book appeared in 2020, called From Our Land to Our Land: Essays, Journeys & Imaginings from a Native Xicanx Writer.
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