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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