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).
New York Times, February 26, 2013
TWELVE years ago I was broke, broken and on drugs in Mexico City, one of the most densely populated places on earth, and I dragged myself to the Mojave in California, one of the … Read more
Latino Americans are Taking a Different Path
New York Times, November 16, 2012
The question posed is one I’ve been wrestling with the better part of my life. I am the son and grandson of immigrants from Mexico and El … Read more
Los Angeles Times, December 09, 2011
Shortly before Occupy L.A. was evicted from the City Hall grounds, I noticed a sign at the corner of … 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
Los Angeles Times, April 24, 2011
When I first held my daughter Ruby in my arms, I whispered to her, “Soy tu papá
… Read moreLos Angeles Times, March 13, 2011
Every Wednesday afternoon, my colleague Douglas Burton-Christie and I try to conjure the desert in a classroom at
… Read moreLos Angeles Times, September 19, 2010
Seventy-eight years ago, on Oct. 8, 1932, David Alfaro Siqueiros — at the age of 36 already an important
… Read moreLos Angeles Times, October 19, 2008
My elementary school teachers often told the class that any one of us kids could grow up and become president of the United States. They would invoke Harry Truman, the Everyman from Missouri.
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