Join the Southwestern English Department
and Oscar Casares for a talk on
what it means to be a writer.
Wednesday
November 7, 2012
4:00 p.m.
Julie Puett Howry Center
Southwestern University
Oscar Casares
“The Writing Life”
Originally from Brownsville, Texas, Oscar Casares is the author of the novel, "Amigoland,"
and "Brownsville," a collection of short stories, which have earned him fellowships from the
National Endowment for the Arts, the Copernicus Society of America, and the Texas Institute
of Letters. "Brownsville" was selected by American Library Association as a Notable Book of
2004, and his writing has earned critical praise from such publications as The New York
Times, Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle, and Entertainment Weekly. A graduate of
the Iowa Writers' Workshop, he now teaches creative writing at the University of Texas and
directs their new Master of Fine Arts Program in English.
~~~~~~~~Sponsored by the Writer-in-Residence Fund, Southwestern University~~~~~~~~~~