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.
Sergio Troncoso is the author of NOBODY’S PILGRIMS, which Ben Fountain called a "superb novel," and A PECULIAR KIND OF IMMIGRANT'S SON, which Luis Alberto Urrea hailed as "a world-class collection." Troncoso has a forthcoming memoir, THE BLOOD IN THE ADOBE, in 2027. Among the numerous prizes Troncoso has won are the Kay Cattarulla Award for Best Short Story, Premio Aztlán Literary Prize, and the Gold Medal for Best Novel-Adventure or Drama from the International Latino Book Awards. He was inducted into the Texas Literary Hall of Fame. A past president of the Texas Institute of Letters and a Fulbright scholar, Troncoso teaches at the Yale Writers’ Workshop. His stories and essays have appeared in CNN Opinion, New Letters, Other Voices, Pleiades, Prairie Schooner, Michigan Quarterly Review, Texas Monthly, and Yale Review.
