Gumucio Dagron has published over twenty books, including poetry, narrative and studies on literature, film and communication: "Provocaciones", his first book (1977) is a collection of in-depth interviews with 14 important Bolivian writers, among them: Jesus Lara, Augusto Cespedes, Oscar Cerruto, Jaime Saenz, Pedro Shimose, Renato Prada Oropeza and Raul Teixido. His studies on Bolivian and Latin American cinema trace the evolution of this art form in his region and home country: "Historia del Cine Boliviano" (Mexico, 1982); "Cine, Censura y Exilio en América Latina" (1979); "Les Cinémas d’Amerique Latine" (Paris, 1981) written in French, in collaboration with French film critic Guy Hennebelle; El Cine de los Trabajadores (Managua, 1981), and "Luis Espinal y el Cine" (1986).