credit: Andrea D'Agosto
Myriam Gurba’s ancestor altar adjoins her writing desk.
Portrait of the author by her grandmother, Arcelia
In many of her essays in Creep, Gurba takes a closer look at episodes in California and American History. Her accounts shine a light on what is often ignored in "official school textbooks". One notable example is her account in the essay entitled Cucuo focusing on the notorious Zoot Suit Murders.
Zinn Education Project: Zoot Suit Riots
credit: Library of Congress
Latina to Latina Podcast, "Why Myriam Gurba Doesn't Believe..." 21 Jan 2024 (20 min, audio).
"Myriam Gurba Reads for SF City Lights Bookstore," 4 Oct 2023 (53 min, video).
"Myriam Gurba Unmasks the Creeps." Latino USA, 27 Feb 2024. (26 min audio, w/transcript)
Olivas, Daniel. "Interview w/Myriam Gurba." LA Review of Books, 5 Sept 2023 (transcript).
Publisher's Website on Gurba (reviews, biog, etc.)
Santos, Richard. "The Real Problem with American Dirt." Texas Monthly, 20 Feb, 2020.
"What Myriam Gurba is Reading Now and Next," Literary Hub, 7 Sept 2023.
Read Gurba's evocative short piece about growing up as a queer Latina in Orcutt/Santa Maria.
Orcutt, California, is a small, unincorporated town in Northern Santa Barbara County, pop. about 31,000. A larger regional center, Santa Maria, pop. 110,000, is about 6 miles north of Orcutt.
Creep: Accusations and Confessions is a collection of provocative essays by queer Latinx poet, author, and visual artist, Myriam Gurba. Hardback copies of Creep are available for check-out from Cuesta Campus Libraries and from SLO County Public Libraries. Request the book from Cuesta Library.
Creep by 
Letters to a Writer of Color
Mean: A Novel
Both titles available to check out from Cuesta LIbrary.
