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Schedule of Readings for Sergio Troncoso

To schedule a reading or appearance, send Sergio Troncoso an e-mail at STroncoso@aol.com.

Join Yahoo Group: Sergio Troncoso or Facebook Page: Sergio Troncoso, to receive periodic e-mails about upcoming readings and news. To arrange for Sergio to have a conversation with your book club or school group, send him an e-mail, or see the section Book Reviews for more details, including discussion questions for his books.

See the video of his speech for the President's Program of the American Library Association:  From Literacy to Literature (Real Media Player, or Windows Media Player 9 or higher), or listen to Sergio's radio interview about growing up in El Paso, Texas:  KTEP Interview.

Readings in 2003-2007


Readings in 2008-2009

April 25-27, 2008

Newburyport Literary Festival, Newburyport, MA.

 

May 4, 2008 at 4:30 PM

Reading with other authors from the Westchester Review and Inkwell, Hudson Valley Writers' Center, 300 Riverside Drive, Sleepy Hollow, NY.

 

May 17, 2008 at 3:00 PM

Once Upon a Cuento reading at McNally Robinson Bookstore, Prince and Mott Streets, New York, NY.

 

June 16-18, 2008

Writing Program, George Caleb Bingham Academy, Independence, MO.

 

August 13, 2008 at 7:30 PM

Introducing poets Renato Rosaldo and Javier Huerta at the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center, Sleepy Hollow, NY.

 

October 2, 2008 at 7:30 PM

“New Perspectives on Latino Literature and the Role of the Writer,” University of Arkansas, Giffels Auditorium at Old Main, Fayetteville, AR.

 

Readings in 2009

May 14, 2009 at 6-8:00 PM

Reading with other authors from Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery, East Harlem Café, 1651 Lexington Avenue (104th Street), New York, NY.

 

May 21, 2009 at 6-8:00 PM

Reading with other authors from Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery, Mysterious Book Shop, 58 Warren Street, New York, NY.

 

May 30, 2009 at 3:30-4:30 PM

Book-signing with other authors from Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery, BookExpo America, Jacob K. Javits Center, New York, NY.

 

June 22-26, 2009

Writing Program, George Caleb Bingham Academy, Independence, MO.

 

July 12, 2009 at 4:30-6:00 PM

Reading with Carlos Hernandez and Richie Narvaez, authors from Hit List: The Best of Latino Mystery, Que Chula Es Puebla Restaurant, 180 Valley Street, Sleepy Hollow, NY.  Event is sponsored by the Hudson Valley Writers’ Center.

 

October 13, 2009

Barrio Book Club, El Museo del Barrio, 1230 Fifth Avenue (at 104th Street), New York, NY.

 


Novel: The Nature of Truth: The First Three Chapters, with discussion questions.

Short stories: Angie Luna, The Snake, A Rock Trying to be a Stone, Espíritu Santo, with discussion questions for all stories in The Last Tortilla and Other Stories.

Essays: A Day Without Ideas, Latinos Find an America on the Border of Acceptance, Imagine Ysleta, and Terror and Humanity; on Amazon Shorts, two essays, Letter to my Young Sons: Part One and The Father is in the Details.