Archive for: Oscar Casares

Oscar Casares to Valley Longhorns: “You’ll Take the Best of This World and Find Another”

By Oscar Casares

The Rio Grande Valley and Austin are separated by 350 miles, a six-hour drive, and a culture gap that can feel even wider. For UT students from the Valley, making...

Rewriting the M.F.A.

By Lynn Freehill

An author and professor with advertising experience brought a radical idea to academia: rebranding. But Oscar Cásares’ grand experiment almost failed before...