| #1967102 in Books | Grove Press | 2004-04-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.16 x.72 x5.66l,.69 | File type: PDF | 272 pages | ||15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.| Shouts of Praise|By Deziree|This book makes visible what is invisible to so many. Dagoberto Gilb uses the deeply personal to create vivid memories for the reader. His writing shouts and sings with humor, beauty, sadness and pleasure.|0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| Brilliant!!|By Kathleen Hudson|This book|From Booklist|As a magnetic short story writer, Gilb, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award, becomes his compelling characters. As an arresting essayist, he is unabashedly himself, and his zest for life, passion for i
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 cloiste...
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