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Oscar Casares

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Oscar Cásares
Cásares at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Cásares at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born (1964-05-07) May 7, 1964 (age 60)
Brownsville, Texas
OccupationAuthor, Professor of Creative Writing
LanguageEnglish

Oscar Cásares (born May 7, 1964) is an American writer and associate professor of creative writing.[1] He is the author of Brownsville: Stories, Amigoland, and Where We Come From. Cásares teaches at the University of Texas at Austin where he is director of the Creative Writing Program.[2]

Honors

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  • Guggenheim Fellowship (2020)[3]
  • National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship (2006)
  • James A. Michener Award, Copernicus Society of America, Iowa Writers' Workshop (2002)[4]
  • Dobie Paisano Fellowship, Texas Institute of Letters, University of Texas (2002)[5]

Bibliography

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Books

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  • Where We Come From (May 21, 2019) ISBN 978-0525655435
  • Amigoland (August 10, 2009) ISBN 0316159697
  • Brownsville: Stories (March 6, 2003) ISBN 0316146803

Selected Essays

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  • "Imaginary Friends," Texas Monthly, December 2010[6]
  • "The Departed," Texas Monthly, April 2010[7]
  • "You Must Read This: The Burning Plain," National Public Radio, October 2009[8]
  • "Grass Roots," Texas Monthly, December 2008[9]
  • "Ready for Some Futbol?", Texas Monthly, November 2006[10]
  • "In the Year 1974", Texas Monthly, March 2005 [11]
  • "Crossing the Border Without Losing Your Past," New York Times, September 2003[12]

References

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  1. ^ Smith, Evan (December 23, 2004). "Novelist Oscar Cásares". Texas Monthly.
  2. ^ "Distinguished alumni announced". The Brownsville Herald. August 11, 2011.
  3. ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Oscar Cásares".
  4. ^ Wizda Vane, Sharyn (March 2, 2003). "The stories of his life". Austin American-Statesman.
  5. ^ Badgley, Shawn (June 14, 2002). "The 2002-03 Dobie Paisano Fellows". Austin Chronicle.
  6. ^ Cásares, Oscar (December 2010). "Imaginary Friends". Texas Monthly.
  7. ^ Cásares, Oscar (April 2010). "The Departed". Texas Monthly.
  8. ^ Cásares, Oscar (October 15, 2009). "A Wild, 'Burning' Journey Back To Old Mexico". NPR. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
  9. ^ Cásares, Oscar (December 2008). "Grass Roots". Texas Monthly.
  10. ^ Cásares, Oscar (November 2006). "Ready for some futbol?". Texas Monthly (November 2006): 130–142. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  11. ^ Cásares, Oscar. "In the year 1974". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
  12. ^ Cásares, Oscar (September 16, 2003). "Crossing the Border Without Losing the Past". New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2011.