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Dagoberto Gilb

Dagoberto Gilb has published nine books of fiction and nonfiction. A new collection of stories, New Testaments, is forthcoming from City Lights Books in fall 2024. His fiction, “Answer,” appeared in Alta Journal 11. Born in Los Angeles and raised there by his Mexican mother, he has lived in El Paso and Austin and now resides in Mexico City.

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Fiction: ‘Prima’

An impromptu reunion reveals the passage of time and deep family ties.

Dec 21, 2023
a couple are seen locked in a steamy embrace only one of them is wearing a wedding ring

Fiction: ‘Answer’

Whether by fortune or doom or absolute devotion, a young man’s mad, burning love for a married woman is requited in this story from Dagoberto Gilb.

May 5, 2020