The Art of Being Dagoberto Gilb

What's a successful writer like Dagoberto Gilb got against the establishment?

"...It was one of those days when Dagoberto Gilb was about to start a scandal, and he..."

March 23, 2001 Books Feature by Clay Smith

Dagoberto Gilb Hospitalized With Minor Stroke

A family representative says the author is recuperating privately

"...swirling last week about the health of Austin-based writer Dagoberto Gilb. A family representative put the rumors to rest..."

May 15, 2009 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

Dagoberto Gilb Hospitalized

A family rep says the Austin-based writer is recovering from a minor stroke

"...swirling last week about the health of Austin-based writer Dagoberto Gilb. A family representative put the rumors to rest..."

May 11, 2009 Books Post by Belinda Acosta

Dagoberto and the Downtown Book Club

"...– is highly acclaimed – and the author – Dagoberto Gilb – is already an Austin institution...."

May 28, 2008 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

Man Writes About Woman!

Just about every story in Woodcuts of Women tells of male characters who suffer and sweat through long desert hours for the bitter perfume of sex, David Garza writes. But to label Gilb's effort at writing effectively and seductively about women an exclusively macho affair would be facile, if not plain lazy.

"...Woodcuts of Womenby Dagoberto Gilb..."

Jan. 26, 2001 Books Feature by David Garza

On the Way to Anywhere

Sarah Hepola talks to the three panelists of one of the Texas Book Festival's most eagerly anticipated panels, "At the Crossroads: Mexican-American Literature."

"...I know it will be a lively discussion." That's Dagoberto Gilb, the famously outspoken author of Woodcuts of Women..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature by Sarah Hepola

From the Ground Up

Dagoberto Gilb on Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature

"...Dagoberto Gilb says he's never been near a curandera. He's..."

June 29, 2007 Books Review by Belinda Acosta

Gritos: Essays

"At the heart of these encounters is the burning knowledge that nobody seems ready to recognize," David Garza writes of the largely self-made "literary superdude" who will read at the Yarborough Branch Library on Wednesday, July 30. "Gilb is a legitimate and undeniable talent."

"...Gritos: Essaysby Dagoberto Gilb..."

July 25, 2003 Books Review by David Garza

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...1. Woodcuts of Women by Dagoberto Gilb..."

Feb. 2, 2001 Books Column

The Flowers: A Novel

Dagoberto Gilb's latest novel takes readers on a startling and inevitable journey

"...The Flowers: A Novelby Dagoberto Gilb, Grove Press, 256 pp., $24..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Books Review by Belinda Acosta

Authors Who Need Authors

Authors who need authors are the luckiest authors: We assess the harmonies and tumults at the 2002 Texas Book Festival.

"...On Nov. 11, Dagoberto Gilb was recommended denial of early tenure and professorship..."

Nov. 22, 2002 Books Feature by Shawn Badgley

Naked City

A Texas Holler

"...de Tejas" (A Cry from Texas) by Austin writer Dagoberto Gilb, on "what it's like to be a Mexican-American..."

Sept. 14, 2001 News Feature by Michael King

Final Judges

Profiles of the Short Story Contest judges.

"...Dagoberto Gilb Dagoberto Gilb is the author of The Magic..."

Sept. 17, 1999 Features Feature

News/Print

Martin Scorsese needs to keep his mitts off the blues. You need to mark your calendars. I don't need a drink.

"...Before we lay odds on a bout between Dagoberto Gilb and Texas Monthly Editor Evan Smith (the latter..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

News/Print

The spring is dead. Long live the spring!

"...in the Southwest Texas State skirmish of words regarding Dagoberto Gilb: You might remember that back in November the..."

May 2, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

Postmarks

Policing the media, mediating the police.

"...The Truth About Gilb..."

April 6, 2001 Column

Postscripts

Upcoming events in Austin's literary life.

"...and Resistencia Bookstore are hosting a publication party for Dagoberto Gilb's new collection of short stories, Woodcuts of Women..."

Jan. 19, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Illuminating Austin Authors

Dagoberto Gilb, Gregory Curtis among Illumine honorees

"...Fiction Honoree: Dagoberto Gilb (Before the End, After the Beginning, Woodcuts of..."

Nov. 9, 2011 Books Post by Kimberley Jones

TV Eye

Squeezing our state onto the small screen in ways old and new

"...the Texas penal system in the 1960s. Local writer Dagoberto Gilb (The Flowers) wrote the narration based on Cruz's..."

May 16, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

In Remembrance of Raúl

Friends and colleagues of poet/activist Raúl Salinas pay tribute

"...big brother raúl, and I will miss him. – Dagoberto Gilb, essayist, novelist, and short-story writer, Austin, Texas..."

Feb. 22, 2008 Books Feature by Belinda Acosta

News/Print

Please form two lines and file in slowly.

"...Market (he'll be at BookPeople on May 22) and Dagoberto Gilb's eagerly awaited collection of essays, Gritos. Exciting upcoming..."

April 18, 2003 Books Column by Shawn Badgley

2002 Texas Book Festival Schedule

"...the Crossroads: Mexican-American Literature Jimmy Santiago Baca, Sandra Cisneros, Dagoberto Gilb, Moderator: Juan Rodriguez..."

Nov. 15, 2002 Books Feature

Local Bestsellers

Local bestsellers are based on recent sales at Austin bookstores selected to reflect varied reading interests.

"...2. Woodcuts of Women by Dagoberto Gilb..."

March 23, 2001 Books Column

Postscripts

How Frances Kiernan, author of Seeing Mary Plain: A Life of Mary McCarthy, "stumbled" across the idea of writing the book.

"...Dagoberto Gilb will be at BookPeople on Wednesday, March 7,..."

March 2, 2001 Books Column by Clay Smith

Making Lists

"...Barthelme, Sarah Bird, Sandra Cisneros, James Crumley, Laura Furman, Dagoberto Gilb, Albert Goldbarth, William Hauptmann, John Irsfeld, Mary Karr,..."

Jan. 1, 1999 Books Feature by Dick Holland

Literary Guisado

An Interview with Francisco Goldman

"...-- Oscar Hijuelos, Julia Alvarez, Cristina Garcia, Sandra Cisneros, Dagoberto Gilb, Ana Castillo, Junot Diaz and many others --..."

June 6, 1997 Books Feature by Marion Winik

TV Eye

War and Remembrance: Part II

"...– Dagoberto Gilb, Hecho en Tejas..."

April 6, 2007 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Postmarks

Notes on the music scene, the music seen, the music herd, and the music heard.

"...Glib About Gilb..."

March 30, 2001 Column

SWTSU's Top Twenty Triumph

Saving Literature... One Writer at a Time

"...Fiction writer Dagoberto Gilb joined the faculty last fall. He recalls that..."

May 22, 1998 Books Feature by Robin Bradford

Bedside Manner: Vampire vs. Zombie

That is the eternal question, is it not?

"...yet to crack is the new one from Austinite Dagoberto Gilb, Before the End, After the Beginning. I’ve met..."

Nov. 14, 2011 Books Post by Jay Trachtenberg

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