Oscar Cásares (born May 7, 1964) 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 The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...

where he is director of the Creative Writing Program.

Honors

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

Bibliography

Books

*''Where We Come From'' (May 21, 2019) *'' Amigoland'' (August 10, 2009) *'' Brownsville: Stories'' (March 6, 2003)

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

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cásares, Oscar 1964 births Living people University of Texas at Austin faculty People from Brownsville, Texas American writers of Mexican descent