Hearts and Hands, Second Edition: Creating Community in Violent Times - Brossura

Rodriguez, Luis J.

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ISBN 10: 1609805534 ISBN 13: 9781609805531

Casa editrice: Seven Stories Press, 2014

Riassunto

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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Recensione:

"[A] beautifully written and politically astute account."—Entertainment Weekly

"Rodríguez is a relentless truth-teller, an authentic visionary, a man of profound compassion...[In Hearts and Hands] he acknowledges the lessons we can learn from the social sciences, he scrutinizes what succeeds and what fails in the realm of public policy, but he never allows us to forget that the rescue of young people is also 'a spiritual quest.'"—Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Combining personal memoir, perceptive sociological analysis and astute advice about political organizing, Rodriguez, whose youth included 'drugs, jail, and gang warfare,' writes movingly of how he turned his life around and dedicated himself to working with teens at risk. While attacking the image of teenage males as the primary instigators of violent behavior, R. focuses on the specific problems of young males, 'trying to negotiate their lives' in the face of enormous problems, with little in the way of adult models. Never sentimentalizing or sensationalizing his materials, R. writes honestly and incisively from experience, knowledge and compassion."—Publishers Weekly

L'autore:

LUIS J. RODRI´GUEZ’s bestselling autobiographical account, Always Running: La Vida Loca, Gang Days in L.A. (1993) has been followed by numerous other books. He has written for The Nation, Grand Street, Los Angeles Weekly, and Americas Review, among others. Winner of a Lannan Foundation Fellowship, and an Illinois Arts Council Fellowship for Poetry, Rodri´guez is also the founder of Ti´a Chucha Press, publishing emerging, socially conscious poets. He lives in San Fernando, California, with his wife, Trini, and their family. Luis is currently a candidate for the Green Party nomination for Governor of California.

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• Editore: Seven Stories Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1609805534
• ISBN 13: 9781609805531
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 384