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An Open Letter to Ken Brecher, President of the Library Foundation of Los Angeles

<h4>Rubén Martínez is a professor of literature and writing at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author, most recently, of <i>Desert America: A Journey Across Our Most Divided Landscape</i> (Picador, 2013).</h4>

Rubén Martínez

Shocked Silent

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

Greening Justice: Can Disparate Actors Heed Pope Francis’s Call for Unity?

"For a long time now I haven't been I."
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">— Fernando Pessoa, <em>The Book of Disquiet</em></p>

Around the World

"You always admire what you really don't understand."
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">— Blaise Pascal</p>

Religion

<strong>Dagoberto Gilb is the author of <em>The Magic of Blood</em>, <em>Woodcuts of Women</em>, and others, most recently <em>Before the End, After the Beginning</em>. He is the founding editor of the magazine <em>HUIZACHE: the magazine of Latino literature</em>. In Mexico City right now, he lives in Austin. <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dagoberto-Gilb/156371697723749">DG on Facebook</a>. </strong>

Dagoberto Gilb

A Tale of Two ’Hoods: A Rap on Silver Lake

"Culture is an instrument wielded by professors to manufacture professors." — Simone Weil

Cultural Studies

The Moor’s Account

Improbable Journey

The Interior Circuit

Endless Mourning: Rubén Martínez on Francisco Goldman

Darling

Desert Pilgrimage

Rubén Martínez is a professor of literature and writing at Loyola Marymount University. He is the author, most recently, of <i>Desert America: A Journey Across Our Most Divided Landscape</i> (Picador, 2013).