Republic of East La

<p>From the award-winning author of <em>Always Running</em> comes a brilliant collection of short stories about life in East Los Angeles. Whether hilariously capturing the voice of a philosophizing limo driver whose dream is to make the most of his rap-metal garage band in My Ride My Revolution or the monologue-styled rant of a tes-ti-fy-ing! tent revivalist named Ysela in Oiga Rodriguez squeezes humor from the lives of people who are not ready to sacrifice their dreams due to circumstance.</p><p>In these stories Luis J. Rodriguez gives eloquent voice to the neighborhood where he spent many years as a resident a father an organizer and finally a writer: a neighborhood that offers more to the world than its appearance allows.</p>