Oscar Casares

Features

Christmas in Brownsville

My father, who had grown up on a farm, used to talk about his family’s killing a pig for the tamales, but this was back in the twenties. (December 2005)

Columns | Miscellany

The Waiting Game

I was a server at Pappasito’s for a week. It felt like a lifetime. (October 2007)

Ready For Some Futbol?

Race and racism at the state soccer championship. (November 2006)

Pet Project

My dog, Flaco, sleeps on a bed from Pottery Barn, gets three walks a day, and very nearly had his teeth cleaned for the princely sum of $208. What would my father say? (May 2006)

Tall In the Saddle

My father’s not-so-brief, happy career on horseback. (September 2005)

Se Habla Español

But not without some difficulty—even though I’m a third-generation Mexican American. (June 2005)

In the Year 1974

I still remember the moment I discovered that a world existed outside Brownsville. I’ve been trying to explore it ever since. (March 2005)