Sergio Troncoso's Blog: Chico Lingo, by Sergio Troncoso, page 17

El Paso City Council renames Ysleta public library for Sergio Troncoso

On July 29, 2014, the El Paso City Council voted unanimously to rename the Ysleta public library branch in honor of Sergio Troncoso. Ysleta was the neighborhood in east El Paso where Troncoso grew up and attended South Loop School and Ysleta High School. The photo includes Sergio Troncoso and his family, the El Paso City Council and the mayor.

"I know the El Paso Public Library was essential to me.  In so many ways.  In giving me the books and the space to let my imagination explore new worlds.  In welcoming this kid from Ysleta after a long odyssey.  I had no money, but I had a quiet place to read.  And that’s the only thing that mattered to me.  I am no doubt a writer today because I had a place to go, as a kid, where everybody also reveled in the wonder within books." —-Sergio Troncoso

Review of The Nature of Truth, from Prime Number Magazine

"Troncoso’s The Nature of Truth informs his mature works—From this Wicked Patch of Dust and Crossing Borders: Personal Essays—as they examine the ideas of borders, their permeability, and their dualistic nature of the real and the imagined. Without the intellectual questioning of truth in The Nature of Truth, his mature works, I believe, would not have been possible. Troncoso, primarily known for his US-Mexican Border works, is, as The Nature of Truth suggests, the brightest and most able of the modern Border writers and thinkers.”

http://www.primenumbermagazine.com/Issue59_Review_SergioTroncoso.html

Sergio Troncoso on WBUR's On Point, with Tom Ashbrook

Today I was on WBUR’s On Point with Tom Ashbrook. That Texas Tone in Literature, with Clay Smith, Sarah Bird, and Philipp Meyer.

http://onpoint.wbur.org/2014/07/02/texas-books-austin-literature

Our Lost Border wins International Latino Book Award

Our Lost Border: Essays on Life Amid the Narco-Violence (Arte Publico Press) wins First Place in the International Latino Book Awards, Best Latino-focused Nonfiction Book (Spanish or Bilingual). Sarah Cortez and Sergio Troncoso edited this eye-opening anthology:

https://app.box.com/s/n5jar49ckpbzltfv2umc

Sergio Troncoso on KCUR in Kansas City, MO

Listen to Sergio Troncoso’s public radio interview on KCUR from Kansas City, MO on teaching and the importance of teachers, hard work and immigrant values, and living on the border of El Paso and Juarez:

http://kcur.org/post/visiting-author-pays-it-forward-independence-students

Sergio Troncoso, Linda Rodriguez, and Maril Crabtree will be at The Writers Place in Kansas City on Saturday, June 28, 7 PM:

http://www.writersplace.org/calendar/2014/5/20/linda-rodriguez-and-sergio-troncoso-reading

Sergio Troncoso and Linda Rodriguez at The Writers Place

The Writers Place presents writers Linda Rodriguez, Maril Crabtree and Sergio Troncoso reading from their work.

Saturday, June 28, 7-9 PM

The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania Ave, Kansas City, MO, 64111

http://www.writersplace.org/calendar/2014/5/20/linda-rodriguez-and-sergio-troncoso-reading

LibraryThing Giveaway: Sergio Troncoso's The Nature of Truth

Win a signed copy of Sergio Troncoso’s The Nature of Truth in a giveaway at LibraryThing. Last day will be June 25th:

http://www.librarything.com/er_list.php?sort=quantity&program=giveaway&country=us&offeredby=1&batch=open&publisherid=&media=paper

Goodreads Giveaway: Sergio Troncoso's The Nature of Truth

Win a signed copy of Sergio Troncoso’s The Nature of Truth in a Goodreads Giveaway in May:

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/91564-the-nature-of-truth

Here’s what Rigoberto Gonzalez said about The Nature of...

Here’s what Rigoberto Gonzalez said about The Nature of Truth in the El Paso Times: “Engaging the complex issues of race and identity into the battle of ideologies regarding crime and punishment, Sergio Troncoso’s The Nature of Truth single-handedly redefines the Chicano novel and the literary thriller….For his psychological complexity, Troncoso’s Helmut Sanchez is in good company with the likes of Leslie Marmon Silko’s estranged Tayo and Dostoyevsky’s guilt-ridden Raskolnikov. And The Nature of Truth is a unique meditation on redemption and retribution that tackles racism, homophobia, and anti-Semitism with sensitivity and skill. Troncoso’s legacy is in having expanded the social and geographical terrain of the Chicano narrative with enviable aplomb.”

Revised and updated 2014 edition:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1558857915/sergiotroncos-20

Troncoso Family Finds Success On U.S. Side Of Border With Mexico

Steve Inskeep interviews Sergio Troncoso’s family, including his cantankerous father, for NPR’s series on the Mexican-American border.

http://www.npr.org/2014/03/24/293673948/troncoso-family-finds-success-on-u-s-side-of-border-with-mexico