“And Sergio Troncoso is such a beloved writer of the borderlands, there is a public library branch named for him in El Paso. His 'A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son' is simply brilliant.”
Thank you, Luis Alberto Urrea!
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/14/books/us-mexico-border-books.html
Bookchat: You’re organizing a literary dinner party. Which three writers, dead or alive, do you invite?
Sergio Troncoso: "We would have to be drinking, so we may or may not be eating. I would have James Joyce, Friedrich Nietzsche (we might need a translator who also serves drinks), and Virginia Woolf. They probably wouldn’t like each other, but in this imaginary drinking fest I could get them to have a drink or two (or three) and we could talk about literary ideas for at least a few hours. Then before the fistfights began I’d get them an Uber and tell them to get the hell out of my house."
https://swwordfiesta.org/bookchat-an-interview-with-sergio-troncoso/
I wrote this piece for El Paso Matters to celebrate Cinco Puntos Press's 35th Anniversary:
"My experience with them has been like coming home as a writer: Lee is a first-class editor with an uncanny attention to detail, and Jessica Powers, their “vice president of imagination,” has been the best editor and reader I have ever had. When I want to have an hours-long conversation about character, a complex plot, El Paso, and the literary history of the border, these are people I trust and listen to and appreciate for their expertise and friendship."
"Sergio Troncoso demonstrates in the short-story collection A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son that he’s a master storyteller but with a
special bent."
A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son (Cinco Puntos Press) wins the
Silver Award for Multicultural Adult Fiction in ForeWord Reviews' Book
of the Year Awards.
If you are reading A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son or any other of Sergio Troncoso’s books, he will meet with your book group by Zoom for an hour or two. Zoom is easy to use, and the host (Sergio Troncoso) sets up the meeting and emails all participants with a link, which they click to enter the ‘virtual meeting.’ Sergio will be able to see and hear all the participants on his computer, and they will be able to see and hear him on their computers too. You can talk about any book by Sergio that the group has read, ask him questions about his novels, stories or essays, and discuss the craft of writing with him as well. Each month he will only do a few of these Virtual Book Groups as his time and schedule permits.
My interview in Contra Viento Journal was published today. Thank you Gabriel Dozal and Sean McCoy. 
A great review of A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son (Cinco Puntos Press) from the Midwest Book Review. Thank you.
A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant’s Son (Cinco Puntos Press) makes the Best of Texas 2019 list from Lone Star Literary Life. Thank you Michelle Newby Lancaster and Si Dunn.
A Peculiar Kind of Immigrant's Son (Cinco Puntos Press) makes the
recommended list by librarians at the Austin Public Library. I love
public libraries, and on Wednesday (12/18) I'll be at the Sergio Troncoso Branch Library in El Paso to give out the Troncoso Reading
Prizes. So happy and grateful that librarians in Austin like my book.
Support and fight for public libraries!
Here's an interview I did with Emma Nelson at Blue Muse Magazine, a
publication of Central 