This site combines the work by Rubén Martínez, his books and articles, his music, documentaries and performances, and his blog. You can contact Rubén, see his appearance in the media via his bio+ page.
Rubén’s new book, Desert America is now available. You can read excerpts online (see Desert America for more info).
NEW! Sneak Preview of KCET-TV’s Broadcast of “The Ballad of Ricardo Flores Magón” (see “Variedades” for more info).
Blood and Sand: Making the Victims Visible
I have spent the last several weeks working with the Movimiento por la Paz con Justicia y Dignidad (MPJD) (Movement for Justice with Peace and Dignity), led by Mexican poet, essayist, and novelist … Read more
La onda yesterday & today: Zindu Cano, Kevin García, Franco Narro
This post will eventually lead to a utopian moment on the southern edge of Mexico City with a crew of artists that cut a new folk figure, an organic … Read more
Para llegar al cielo se necesita una escalera grande…
I opened my last post by saying that the previous forty-eight hours had seemed an eternity — marked by a major protest march and most of all anticipation, everyone girding themselves … Read more
México jóven: #132 students gather at Tlatelolco’s Plaza de las Tres Culturas on the eve of a historic presidential election.
We’ve been here just forty-eight hours. But given the intensity of the historical moment in that intensest of cities, … Read more
A brilliantly illuminating portrait of the twenty-first-century West—a book as vast, diverse, and unexpected as the land and the people, from one of our foremost chroniclers of migration
The economic boom—and the devastation left in its wake—has been writ nowhere … Read more
May 14, 2011 – Ruben Martinez and Raquel Gutierrez host the second installment of this “variety” show series at the Echo in Echo Park, Los Angeles. Focusing their talents on theme of the drug war and its toll on both … Read more
Los Angeles Times, May 08, 2011
Last year I visited a friend of mine, journalist Raúl Silva, in a working-class neighborhood of Cuernavaca. … Read more