R.I.P. to The Beast

A eulogy for Jim "The Beast" Marquez

Jim being his usual ham-self at Mi Vida in Highland Park for a reading of Lowriting

I just wanted to give some recognition to a Chicano writer who passed away recently; his name was Jim Marquez and he was from Los Angeles, California. His nickname was “the beast.” I knew Jim, albeit briefly, in real life and I also published some of his work in both Lowr…