Oscar Cásares | |
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![]() Cásares at the 2019 Texas Book Festival | |
Born | Brownsville, Texas | May 7, 1964
Occupation | Author, Professor of Creative Writing |
Language | English |
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
[edit]- 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
[edit]Books
[edit]- 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
[edit]- "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
[edit]- ^ Smith, Evan (December 23, 2004). "Novelist Oscar Cásares". Texas Monthly.
- ^ "Distinguished alumni announced". The Brownsville Herald. August 11, 2011.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Oscar Cásares".
- ^ Wizda Vane, Sharyn (March 2, 2003). "The stories of his life". Austin American-Statesman.
- ^ Badgley, Shawn (June 14, 2002). "The 2002-03 Dobie Paisano Fellows". Austin Chronicle.
- ^ Cásares, Oscar (December 2010). "Imaginary Friends". Texas Monthly.
- ^ Cásares, Oscar (April 2010). "The Departed". Texas Monthly.
- ^ Cásares, Oscar (October 15, 2009). "A Wild, 'Burning' Journey Back To Old Mexico". NPR. Retrieved 3 October 2011.
- ^ Cásares, Oscar (December 2008). "Grass Roots". Texas Monthly.
- ^ Cásares, Oscar (November 2006). "Ready for some futbol?". Texas Monthly (November 2006): 130–142. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Cásares, Oscar. "In the year 1974". Texas Monthly. Retrieved 22 September 2011.
- ^ Cásares, Oscar (September 16, 2003). "Crossing the Border Without Losing the Past". New York Times. Retrieved 3 October 2011.