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Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature by Gilb
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Write a Review- Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
- Pub. Date: December 2006
- ISBN-13: 9780826341259
- Sales Rank: 432,945
- 522pp
- Series: Southwestern Writers Collection
- Edition Number: 1
Synopsis
Gilb has created more than a literary anthology—this is a mosaic of the cultural and historical stories of Texas Mexican writers, musicians, and artists.
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Dagoberto Gilb spent sixteen years working as a construction worker, twelve as a highrise carpenter with the United Brotherhood of Carpenters. He is the author of The Magic of Blood (University of New Mexico Press), which won the 1994 PEN/Hemingway Award and was a PEN/Faulkner finalist, The Last Known Residence of Mickey Acuña, Woodcuts of Women, and Gritos, which was a finalist for the National Books Critics Circle Award. He has been the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and a Whiting Writers' Award. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, The Threepenny Review, Harper's, and The Best American Essays. His latest novel, The Flowers, is due out at the end of the year. Born in Los Angeles, he made his home for many years in El Paso and now lives in Austin, Texas.
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