Hearts and Hands: Creating Community in Violent Times - Couverture rigide

Rodriguez, Luis

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1583222634 ISBN 13 : 9781583222638

Editeur : Seven Stories Press,U.S., 2002

Synopsis

'...gripping, powerful, and sometimes sad beyond words...' - Jonathan Kozol '[A] beautifully written and politically astute account' - Entertainment Weekly Empowered by his own experiences as a peacemaker with gangs in L.A. and Chicago, the author makes concrete suggestions on how to approach the violence facing youth today, looking at the issue from a grassroots perspective. In these pages he forges a powerful, insightful and healing response to the troubles of our times.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Hearts and Hands deals with many of the difficult issues addressed in Luis Rodríguez’s memoir of gang life, Always Running, but with a focus on healing through community building. Empowered by his experiences as a peacemaker with gangs in Los Angeles and Chicago, Rodríguez offers a unique book of change. He makes concrete suggestions, shows how we can create nonviolent opportunities for youth today, and redirects kids into productive and satisfying lives. And he warns that we sacrifice community values for material gain when we incarcerate or marginalize people already on the edge of society. His interest in dissolving gang influence on black and latino kids is personal as well as societal; his son, to whom he dedicates Hearts and Hands, is currently serving a prison sentence for gang-related activity. With anecdotes, interviews, and time-tested guidelines, Hearts and Hands makes a powerful argument for building and supporting community life.

Biographie de l'auteur

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 the Los Angeles Weekly, among others. Winner of a National Book Award, a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, and an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship for poetry, Rodríguez 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.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Seven Stories Press,U.S.
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1583222634
• ISBN 13: 9781583222638
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 365
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible