Richard Rodriguez
A son of Mexican immigrants, Richard Rodriguez was born in California. Many of his writings explore his experiences with racial consciousness in America. The book for which Rodriguez is most well known, Hunger of Memory: The Education of Richard Rodriguez, is a narrative about his own development as a literate student in America. Rodriguez’s other books include Brown: The Last Discovery of America and Days of Obligation: An Argument with My Mexican Father, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. He writes regularly for several newspapers and magazines and contributes regularly to PBS’s NewsHour. Presently, Rodriguez is writing two books—one concerned with Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and the desert ecology that shaped them. The other is a book on beauty.
Speaker Links
Read an interview with Richard Rodriguez conducted by Scott London.
Watch a NewsHour discussion with Rodriguez on his book, Brown: The Last Discovery of America.
Watch a NewsHour video essay by Rodriguez on the topic of choices.
Read NewsHour essays written by Rodriguez.
Watch a video interview with Rodriguez.