News Articles
El Paso Herald-Post: Library branch renamed in honor of local author (2015) --- By City of El Paso. On October 2, 2015, the City of El Paso officially dedicates the library branch at 9321 Alameda Avenue in honor of local author and Ysleta native Sergio Troncoso.
Hispanic Scholarship Fund: HSF inducts five into 2003 Alumni Hall of Fame (2003) --- By Miguel Salinas.
KTEP Interview on Perspectives (2000) --- With host Louie Saenz.
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Interviews
Words on a Wire Interview (2018) --- Daniel Chacon interviews Sergio Troncoso, and they talk about the influence of Sergio's abuelita, the naming of the public library in Ysleta, and creating the Troncoso Reading Prizes for local students. Sergio also discusses “Passing Ambition,” his new essay in We Wear the Mask: Fifteen True Stories of Passing in America, Beacon Press.
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Associated Press: El Paso native writes about life, love on the border (2000) --- By Michelle Koidin.
LatinoLink Interview (2000) --- Interview by Ricardo Vazquez. Turning Ordinary Lives into Extraordinary Tales.
El Paso Times: New voice in Chicano literature (1999) --- By Ramon Renteria.
Interview on New Letters on the Air (2013) --- Interview by Angela Elam.
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Words on a Wire Interview (2013) --- Interview by Benjamin Alire Saenz and Daniel Chacon.
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Conversation with C. M. Mayo and Sergio Troncoso (2012) --- With C.M. Mayo.
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Texas Library Association Interview (2012) --- Interview by Ted Wanner.
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Words on a Wire Interview (2011) --- Interview by Daniel Chacon.
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El Paso Times: An essayist for the border: Ysleta author Sergio Troncoso (2011) --- By Ramon Renteria.
KUHA Houston Public Radio Interview (2011) --- With host Eric Ladau.
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La Bloga Interview (2011) --- Interview by Daniel Olivas.
TheLatinoAuthor.com Interview (2011) --- TheLatinoAuthor.com website.
NPR interview on Morning Edition, with Steve Inskeep (2014) --- For his series on the U.S.-Mexico border, Steve Inskeep interviews Sergio Troncoso and his parents Rodolfo and Bertha Troncoso at their home in Ysleta. The family talks about growing up with kerosene lamps and stoves and an outhouse in the backyard, but his father’s humorous and honest responses to being a proud Mexicano steal the show.
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Kansas City’s KCUR, with Steve Kraske (2014) --- Steve Kraske interviews Sergio Troncoso about visiting Independence, Missouri to teach at the George Caleb Bingham Academy for the Arts during the summer, with student Ashton Harris. They talk about teachers and mentors, immigrant values, creating a writing community, and Our Lost Border: Essays on Life amid the Narco-Violence.
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NPR’s On Point, with Tom Ashbrook (2014) --- WBUR's Tom Ashbrook of On Point talks with Clay Smith, Sarah Bird, Sergio Troncoso, and Philipp Meyer about “That Texas Tone in Literature.” These writers discuss the mythology of Texas versus the reality of the Texas miracle, the oil boom, Latinos and immigration, cattle country, urban Texas, and the borderlands.
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NPR Interview on Latino USA (2003) --- With host Maria Hinojosa.
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Harvard Magazine: Identity Seeker (2008) --- By Liz Goodwin.
Houston Chronicle: A Thinking Man's Mystery (2004) --- By Fritz Lanham.
Yale Daily News: Troncoso teaches (2003) --- By Julie Post.
Latin Post: Author Sergio Troncoso Shares Incredible Truths About the Border and Storytelling (2015) --- By Nicole Akoukou Thompson. Sergio Troncoso discusses the craft of fiction and nonfiction, striving to write about “the truths neglected or ignored in society,” judging the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, and establishing the Troncoso Reading Prizes in Ysleta.
Older Interviews and News Articles
KTEP Interview on Perspectives (2013) --- Interview by Louie Saenz.
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“Eternal Return,” by Sergio Troncoso, Yale Review, July 2018.
Review Essay: “Leaving El Paso,” by Sergio Troncoso, Texas Monthly Magazine, June 2018.
He was elected Vice President of the Texas Institute of Letters, 2018.
“Passing Ambition” was a Finalist for the 2018 Shrake Award for Short Nonfiction from the Texas Institute of Letters.
Troncoso was a National Writing Juror in the Personal Essay Category for the Scholastic Writing Awards in 2018.
“Fragments of a Dream,” by Sergio Troncoso, New Guard Literary Review, Vol. VII, 2018. The story was a finalist for the Machigonne Fiction Award.
He was Final Judge in the Essay Category of the New Letters Literary Awards, 2017.
Recent News
Words on a Wire Interview (2014) --- Benjamin Saenz and Daniel Chacon sit down for a chat with Sergio Troncoso, a native of El Paso who has republished his novel The Nature of Truth. Troncoso explains what drove him to republish the work, and he reads an excerpt. He also explains why Ysleta is his favorite part of El Paso.
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