“Distinguished by honesty . . . bittersweet optimism,and plain good writing, these pages offer . . . much to admire.”

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Gritos

ISBN: 9780802141279


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Gritos


by Dagoberto Gilb


When he first started writing, Dagoberto Gilb was struggling to survive as a journeyman high-rise carpenter. Years later, he has won widespread acclaim as a crucial and compelling voice in contemporary American letters. Tackling everything from cockfighting to Cormac McCarthy, Gritos collects Gilb’s essays and his popular commentaries for NPR’s Fresh Air, offering a startling portrait of an artist-and a Mexican-American- working to find his place in both the cloistered literary world and the world at large, to say nothing of his strange and beloved borderland of Texas.