Hecho en Tejas: An Anthology of Texas Mexican Literature

by Dagoberto Gilb (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826341266
Publisher:	University of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	04/30/2008
Series:	Southwestern Writers Collection
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	544
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Dagoberto Gilb is the author of three books from UNM Press, The Magic of Blood, winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the anthology Hecho en Tejas, winner of the PEN/Southwest Book Award, and A Passing West: Essays from the Borderlands, winner of the 2025 PEN/Diamonstein/Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay. His fiction and nonfiction have appeared in both the New Yorker and Harper’s, and his work has been featured in Best American Essays and O. Henry Prize Stories.

Editorial Reviews

.,."breaks new ground on the old battlefields of race, culture, language, and genre."

.,."[an] extraordinary book of Texas-Mexican writings...There is an absence in these pages of the pretentious experimentation for its own sake that controls much of American poetry and fiction today."

.,."[a] handsome volume...a wide, inclusive and nonjudgmental view of a peculiarly Texas cultural phenomenon with a long history... One could expect that a book like this would open the gates to an increasing and continuous flood of Tejano writing."

.,."Gilb's anthology invitingly and officially allows us "all" to join him as we go 'Onward y adelante!' It's about time."

"Hecho en Tejas" at last makes the convincing case that the body of works written by Texans of Mexican descent is neither incidental nor peripheral to Texas literature. This is a masterwork of Texas literature that belongs to all of Texas."

"A prolific and accomplished writer, Gilb presages this unique, lively collection with a unique, jaunty introduction—a fine example of the blend of gravity and levity in Texas Mexican literature...One finds familiar texts and voices, delightful surprising inclusions, and recent voices...Highly recommended."

"Gilb's anthology boasts a list of truly remakable authors—not just 'Mexican-American' authors but 'authors' without the minority label."

"This anthology shatters stereotypes, offers insightful historical and cultural reflections and showcases Tejano writers, some very much alive and mostly of the 20th century."

.,."the wealth of information, the style and degree of importance placed on each sample of writing, photography, and artistic images found in ["Hecho en Tejas"] serves as priceless treasure to be consumed within its own treasure chest...["Hecho en Tejas"] is here to stay, hopefully like a seed planted in the feritle minds of its readers."

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