• Fronteras Interview on Texas Public Radio
    Nov 15 2024

    Fronteras: 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.”

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  • Latino Book Chat Interview
    Jul 25 2024

    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.

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  • Downtown Writers Jam Interview (2022)
    Oct 5 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.

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  • Words on a Wire Interview (2022)
    Sep 18 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.

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  • Diverse Voices Book Review Interview
    Jun 5 2022

    Hopeton Hay interviews Sergio Troncoso about the themes and characters of Nobody’s Pilgrims, writing a suspense/crime novel, and a sequel.

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  • Downtown Writers Jam Interview (2021)
    Jul 7 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.

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  • Words on a Wire Interview (2021)
    Apr 21 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 this best-selling anthology.

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  • Robin Hood Radio Interview
    Aug 14 2020

    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.

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