Dagoberto Gilb, writer and essayist: ‘To Americans, Chicano culture doesn’t exist’ The Mexican-American author, known for his short stories and essays portraying the working class to which he belonged, calls, without much hope, for Chicano culture to be fully present within the US…

El País reviews Dagoberto Gilb's A Passing West: “The 25 stories in A Passing West...examine borderlands and their societies with a clarity only achieved by those who are a part of them.”

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One Community, Undivided, Uniquely on This Side of the Border | Los Angeles Review of Books Frank Bergon reviews two new collections from Dagoberto Gilb: “New Testaments” and “A Passing West: Essays from the Borderlands.”

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“(Dagoberto) Gilb’s rambunctious voice booms through the pages of these collections with volcanic force and unexpected twists and turns. Nothing he writes is uninteresting.” #chicanohistory #dagobertogilb
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