Oscar Casares

For the painter, see Oscar Casares (painter).

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]

Oscar Cásares
Cásares at the 2019 Texas Book Festival
Born	(1964-05-07) May 7, 1964 (age 61) Brownsville, Texas
Occupation	Author, Professor of Creative Writing
Language	English

Honors

• 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

Books

• 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

• "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]