Dagoberto Gilb
Dagoberto Gilb is an El Paso writer who brings working-class Chicano experience in the Southwest to vivid life through his short stories and novel The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña. His vernacular prose style is informed by his years as a journeyman carpenter.
Works
- The Magic of BloodLinked stories of blue-collar working-class Mexican-American men
- The Last Known Residence of Mickey AcuñaStories of Texas border town life and manual labor
- Woodcuts of WomenStories of women, desire, and working-class experience
- GritosEssays and stories on border, identity, and working life
- Before the End After the BeginningEssays on morality, work, and Mexican-American identity
- The Last Known Residence of Mickey AcunaStories of Texas border town life and manual labor
- Before the End, After the BeginningEssays on morality, work, and Mexican-American identity