Join me at the historic Magoffin Home in downtown El Paso, TX to listen to a lunchtime talk on my literary work and my family’s personal connection to the Magoffin Home and neighborhood. Wed., Dec. 18, noon. The event is free, and don’t forget to bring your own lunch (BYOL)!

So loved my PowerPoint talk at historic Magoffin Home in downtown El Paso! A fantastic staff. I want to thank Danielle Brissette and Martin López. We had a great discussion with excellent questions about storytelling, family history and why they matter. I love being back home. 🏠

Today at 4:30 pm, we give out the Troncoso Reading Prizes at the Sergio Troncoso Branch Library! Join us to celebrate our young readers in our community. I can’t wait! #elpasotx

I was thrilled to meet the winners of the Troncoso Reading Prizes at the Sergio Troncoso Public Library. In the photo are Nathaniel Sanchez, Jorge Manjarrez, Celine Guevara, Ariya-Jade Rojas. These young readers read the most books from Oct. 15 to Dec. 3. Congratulations!🎈 🎉🎊

Fun on Broadway watching the British musical Operation Mincemeat, with Laura and Isaac, who is visiting from Chicago. What a funny, fantastic spectacle!

So excited to see SUMO with Laura at the Public Theatre in New York last night! Action-packed and exciting! Loved it.

Please encourage friends to stop by for a talk on my literary work, being a poor kid from the Mexican American border at Hollis Hall, with only Eagles and Led Zeppelin t-shirts, becoming a writer, and surviving to tell the story! Friday, 3-28, 6 PM Harvard Hall 101 (Harvard Yard)

Thank you Harvard/Radcliffe Raza for inviting me to give a talk and to answer questions from members! Raza was important to my surviving Harvard as a poor Mexican American student from the border. Always give back to your community to help the next generation empower themselves.

This was the most powerful moment I’ve experienced in 40 years of journalism. elpasomatters.org/2025/04/22/vic…

The conversations I have with writers are always my favorite part of getting together with the Texas Institute of Letters, this time in Brownsville. (Elizabeth Crook, Octavio Quintanilla, Ruben Degollado, Chris Tomlinson.)Thank you for the camaraderie and inspiration. #texas

Join me at the Troncoso Library in Ysleta on Thursday, May 15, 4:30 pm! It’s an Open House and I can’t wait to chat with the neighborhood and friends. #elpasotexas #elpasotx #ysleta

Faculty at 2025 Yale Writers’ Workshop and Faculty reading. Thank you to my colleagues (and friends): Jotham Burrello, Lisa Page, Kirsten Bakis, Molly Gaudry, Trey Ellis, Sybil Baker, Jennifer Maritza McCauley, Mary Collins, Mishka Shubaly.

What a terrific group of writers I had at the 2025 Yale Writers’ Workshop-Intensive! They made my year! Cynthia Johnstone, Victoria Hunt, Lisa Ann Dulin, Bruce Parker, Bettina Meade, Pranjal Shirwaikar, Robin Harris. We got so much work done, and I’m proud of them. 😊

Please join me for a one-day workshop at the Mark Twain House & Museum, Tuesday, July 1, 5-7:30 PM, in Hartford, CT. Thank you for helping me to spread the word to those in the Hartford area! marktwainhouse.org/event/writers-…

Highly recommended: One day workshop with my author Sergio Troncoso in the Mark Twain House & Museum in Hartford, CT, 7/1 Sergio Troncoso The Mark Twain House & Museum marktwainhouse.org/event/writers-…

Join us for a one-day #writing workshop with in-class exercises and craft talk on voice, with more reading materials and exercises shared before the workshop: at the Mark Twain House and Museum in #Hartford, #Connecticut, Tuesday, July 1, 5:00-7:30 PM. marktwainhouse.org/event/writers-…

I had a great writing workshop at the Mark Twain House and Museum in #Hartford, #Connecticut. The students were engaged and ready to work. We’re following up our in-person workshop with Zoom discussions. Thank you, @themarktwainhouse and Omar Acevedo for the friendly welcome!

Beautiful Sunday morning at Kent Falls! Laura and I hiked up the falls to the top. A great way to start the day. 🌲#kentconnecticut

This is a book review I had never seen before of the book I edited, NEPANTLA FAMILIAS. Thank you, Josh Cook, for a thoughtful read and review. Texas A&M University Press tells me it's a bestseller! smashingtreasuredcrockery.medium.com/book-review-ne…