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Uncle Rock
Free online fiction from the New Yorker.
Short story about an eleven-year-old Mexican-American boy who attends a Los Angeles Dodgers game with his mother and his mother’s boyfriend…
Short story about an eleven-year-old Mexican-American boy who attends a Los Angeles Dodgers game with his mother and his mother’s boyfriend…
5 pages, ebook
First published May 10, 2010
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About the author
Dagoberto Gilb
38 books45 followersDagoberto Gilb was born in the city of Los Angeles, his mother a Mexican who crossed the border illegally, and his father a Spanish-speaking Anglo raised in East Los Angeles. They divorced before he began kindergarten. He attended several junior colleges until he transferred to the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he studied philosophy and religion and graduated with both bachelor'
s and master's degrees. After that, he began his life as a construction worker, migrating back and forth from Los Angeles and El Paso. A father, he eventually joined the union in Los Angeles; a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, he became a class-A journeyman carpenter, and his employment for the next twelve years was on high-rise buildings.
s and master's degrees. After that, he began his life as a construction worker, migrating back and forth from Los Angeles and El Paso. A father, he eventually joined the union in Los Angeles; a member of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, he became a class-A journeyman carpenter, and his employment for the next twelve years was on high-rise buildings.
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December 12, 2022
Excellent short story ... reading short things to complete my challenge!
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