Fronteras Interview on Texas Public Radio
Fronteras with Norma Martinez: Nepantla Familias by Sergio Troncoso explores identity, hybridity of the Mexican American experience. Troncoso said despite the challenges, living between borders and cultures can create a sense of empowerment. “What I am saying to people in this anthology, and in my work, is that this hybridity gives you power,” he said. “It gives you power to question both sides. It gives you the power to create something new.”
Latino Book Chat Interview
Christianne Meneses Jacobs interviews Sergio Troncoso about Nobody's Pilgrims, why he chose the title, the underlying themes about immigration and latinos in his novel, and the variety of his characters, evil and good. The border beyond the border in Kent, Connecticut.
Downtown Writers Jam Interview (2022)
Brad King interviews Sergio Troncoso about Nobody's Pilgrims, the best advice he would give his younger self, lessons learned from Professor John Womack at Harvard, a writer's life, meeting George W. Bush at the Texas Book Festival, and a story about his childhood when he refused to work for his father because he wanted to focus on school. And the family fight that followed.
Words on a Wire Interview (2022)
Daniel Chacon interviews Sergio Troncoso about Nobody's Pilgrims, expanding the Chicano literary imagination, and his cinematic adventure novel on KTEP's Words on a Wire. Troncoso also tells the story of how he came up with the title.
Diverse Voices Book Review Interview
Hopeton Hay interviews Sergio Troncoso about the themes and characters of Nobody’s Pilgrims, writing a suspense/crime novel, and a sequel.
Downtown Writers Jam Interview (2021)
Brad King interviews Sergio Troncoso about growing up poor in Ysleta, Texas, his high school newspaper days, and how Troncoso made the transition to Harvard College as an outsider without a clue to become a writer.
Words on a Wire Interview (2021)
Daniel Chacon interviews Sergio Troncoso about Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds on KTEP's Words on a Wire. Troncoso talks about how important Gloria Anzaldúa was to him to understand ‘nepantla,’ living in between worlds, languages, cultures, geographies, and traditions, and the dream Troncoso has had for decades that inspired the creation of this best-selling anthology.
Robin Hood Radio Interview
Marshall Miles interviews Sergio Troncoso on Robin Hood Radio in Sharon, Connecticut. Troncoso talks about growing up in Ysleta on the United-States-Mexico border, his connections to Kent, Connecticut, and his recent book, A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son, with a story set in Kent.
Words on a Wire Interview (2019)
Daniel Chacon interviews Sergio Troncoso about A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son on KTEP's Words on a Wire. Troncoso discusses this collection of immigrant stories choreographed as a literary experiment on perspectivism in content, style, and even the reader’s point of view.
NPR Morning Edition Interview
For his series on the U.S.-Mexico border, NPR's 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.
New Letters on the Air Interview
Angela Elam interviews author Sergio Troncoso on New Letters on the Air, the longest continuously-running broadcast of a national literary radio series. Troncoso talks about growing up in Ysleta on the United States-Mexico border near El Paso, Texas and making the leap to Harvard College. He also discusses his philosophical collection of essays and using moral examples in writing to effect change and new perspectives; and why he wrote his series of essays about his wife's battle against breast cancer. Troncoso describes the joys of HTML and creating his own website. The author reads from Crossing Borders: Personal Essays and his novel From This Wicked Patch of Dust.