Oscar Cásares
Oscar Cásares is an American writer and associate professor of creative writing. 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.
Honors
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship
- James A. Michener Award, Copernicus Society of America, Iowa Writers' Workshop
- Dobie Paisano Fellowship, Texas Institute of Letters, University of Texas
Books
- Where We Come From
- Amigoland
- ''Brownsville: Stories''
Selected Essays
- "Imaginary Friends," Texas Monthly, December 2010
- "The Departed," Texas Monthly, April 2010
- "You Must Read This: The Burning Plain," National Public Radio, October 2009
- "Grass Roots," Texas Monthly, December 2008
- "Ready for Some Futbol?", Texas Monthly, November 2006
- "In the Year 1974", Texas Monthly, March 2005
- "Crossing the Border Without Losing Your Past," New York Times, September 2003