Luis is a former Los Angeles Poet Laureate. He has 16 books, is founding editor of Tia Chucha Press and co-founder Tia Chucha's Cultural Center & Bookstore.
San Fernando, CA
Joined April 2009
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I'm being honored with other Pegasus prize winners at a public event in Chicago on October 23, 6 pm, at the Poetry Foundation, for the Prize in Service to Poetry. For my Chicago friends, please link to the registration page. The venue may soon be filled: eventbrite.com/e/the-2026-pe…
Here's my latest Substack Blogpost on AI--is it the beginning or the end?: barkingroosterinc.substack.c…
This Saturday as part of the Left Coast Forum at California State University, Los Angeles, I will be on a panel at 4:30 pm about the 1970 Chicano Moratorium. Also with me are Rosalio Urias Munoz, Mariana E. Ramirez, and Carlos Callero. You don't want to miss this!
Join me and other great poets to celebrate Salvadoran-American poet William Archila's bilingual collection "Canicula/Dog Days," this Saturday, September 26, 7 pm, at Libros Schmibros Lending Library in Boyle Heights.
My papers at the University of California, Santa Barbara Special Collections Library is now available to the public. This covers 60 years worth of material. A guide to help navigate what's in there is online: oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/1…
Here is one of my up-and-coming readings in September, this time to honor the release of William Archila's poetry book Canicula/Dog Days. Please join us: eventbrite.com/e/canicula-do…
My newest Substack blogpost: The Holes in Everything barkingroosterinc.substack.c…
It's now announced--I'm this year's recipient of the Pegasus Award for Service in Poetry from the Poetry Foundation. Other Pegasus award winners and myself will be honored in late October in Chicago: poetryfoundation.org/article…
Tia Chucha's cofounders Luis and Trini Rodriguez share ideas about the three energies we carry (ancestral, familial, and personal) in their latest Hummingbird Cricket Hour podcast. And how to integrate them into a fully initiated and conscious life: hchpodcast.libsyn.com/energi…
My latest Substack blogpost: The New Consequences of Gang Designation barkingroosterinc.substack.c…
"Seeing Things in Motion," is the latest podcast post of the Hummingbird Cricket Hour with Luis and Trini Rodriguez: hchpodcast.libsyn.com/seeing…
This poem of mine, "Beauty & Bounty," appeared in a new and important online magazine called Neighbors--about caring for our environment, our communities, our families. I'm honored it's here (it's also in Spanish): livinginfrastructure.org/nei…
Here's my recent review of Jake Skeets' poetry collection "Horses" in World Literature Today magazine: worldliteraturetoday.org/202…
My latest Substack blogpost:
From Our Land to Our Land open.substack.com/pub/barkin…
4th of July Message: I'm Still Fighting the "American Revolution" open.substack.com/pub/barkin…
This Saturday, I'll take part in this People's Independence Day event declaring independence from Trump and this fascist administration. I'll read poems with other poets and speakers. Please come!
My last Substack blogpost was reprinted in the People's Tribune. Spread the word: peoplestribune.org/2026/06/a…
My memoir "It Calls You Back" is among these books for Father's Day from Alta Magazine. This book is about how I had to father a troubled son in a gang and then almost fifteen years in prison, and how we've become partners for urban peace: altaonline.com/promotions/a7…
