COLLEGE STATION— Nepantla Familias brings together Mexican American narratives that explore and negotiate the many permutations of living in between different worlds—how the authors or their characters create, or fail to create, a cohesive identity amid the contradictions in their lives. Nepantla—or living in the in-between space of the borderland—is the focus of this anthology. The essays, […]Read More
SAN MARCOS, TX – Award-winning author Sergio Troncoso, a son of Mexican immigrants who is now regarded as a major American writer from the American Southwest, has donated his literary papers to the Wittliff Collections. “I am thrilled that my literary papers will be archived at the Wittliff Collections,” said Sergio Troncoso. “I have enjoyed […]Read More
The Texas Institute of Letters has announced 13 recipients of their Annual TIL Literary Awards, and El Paso’s own Sergio Troncoso is one of the honorees. Troncoso was awarded the 2020 Kay Cattarulla Award and $1,000 for the Best Short Story from the Texas Institute of Letters. The story “Rosary on the Border” first appeared in […]Read More
The El Paso Public Library once again hosts the annual Día de los Niños, Día de los Libros from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, April 29 at Washington Park located at 4201 East Paisano. As part of the celebration, smaller events will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Armijo, Esperanza […]Read More
When Sergio Troncoso was a young boy growing up in Ysleta, he would ride his bike all the way to Downtown El Paso, on weekends, to visit his grandmother in Segundo Barrio and to visit the Main branch of the El Paso Public Library. He would then check his books out for the week and […]Read More
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