Books Published:
Poetry
My Nature is Hunger: New & Selected Poems 1989-2004
Fall 2005, Curbstone Press, Willimantic, CT
My Nature is Hunger: Poems by Luis J. Rodriguez
A special edition of new poems published by the US Embassy, Berlin, for
the Advanced English teachers at the “Re-writing America” conference in
Blaubeuren, Germany, November 2004.
Power Lines: A Decade of Poetry from Chicago's Guild Complex
Edited by Luis J. Rodriguez, Julie Parson-Nesbitt & Michael War Tia
Chucha Press; Spring 1999; Chicago, IL.
Seven and Two Women (with a Spanish version called Dos Mujeres,
translated by Jorge Martinez and Trini Rodriguez)
Poems Across the Pavement (1989 Tia Chucha Press, Chicago)
The Concrete River (1991 Curbstone Press, Willimantic, CT)
Trochemoche (1998 Curbstone Press)
Books
Music of the Mill: A Novel
Hardcover: Spring 2005, Rayo Books/HarperCollins.
Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. (1993 Curbstone Press;1994 paperback Touchstone Books/Simon & Schuster); Memoir
Hearts and Hands
The Republic of East L.A.: Stories
Children's Books
America is Her Name (1998 Curbstone Press)
It Doesn't Have to be This Way: A Barrio Story (1999
Children's
Book Press)
CD
LJR CD-"My Name's Not Rodriguez"
Major Awards:
1989 Poetry Center Book Award, San Francisco State University
1991 PEN Josephine Miles Award for Literary Excellence
1992 Lannan Fellowship for Poetry
1993 Carl Sandburg Literary Award
1993 Chicago Sun Times Book Award
1996 Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award
1997 National Association for Poetry Therapy Public Service Award
1998 Hispanic Heritage Award for Literature
1999 Paterson Prize for Books for Young Adults
1999 and 2000 "Skipping Stones" Magazine Honor Award
1999 "Foreword" Magazine's Silver Book Award
1999 Parent' Choice Books for Children Award
2000 Illinois Author of the Year Award
2000 Americas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature Commended Title
2001 "Unsung Heroes of Compassion" Award, presented by His Holiness the Dalai Lama . . . and more
Major Media Appearances:
Oprah Winfrey Show
Good Morning America
PBS-TV "Making Peace" Series
National Public Radio's "Morning Edition," "All Things Considered," "Fresh Air," "Talk of the Nation"
CNN "Sonya Live," "Talk Live"
BBC-London
Fox TV News
Spanish-language radio/TV/print including Univision, Telemundo, and Galavision . . . and more
Major Reviews & Interviews in Publications
New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, Newsday, San Jose Mercury, Latina Magazine, Hispanic Magazine, Chicago Magazine, The Face (London), The Nation, Entertainment Weekly, The Sun, Aelle magazine (Italy) . . . and more