The Republic Of East LAFrom the award winning author of Always Running 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