A Conversation With Sergio Troncoso Rose Mary Salum Nepantla Familias: An Anthology of Mexican American Literature on Families in between Worlds is an anthology edited by the award winning author Sergio Troncoso. The book brings together Mexican American narratives that explore the many permutations of living in between different worlds. Here is our conversation with the editor and author. *** RS: You’ve always broken Hispanic stereotypes in the English-speaking world. With this book, you return to a much-needed conversation: what does it mean to be Hispanic in the United States. What triggered the idea of a book of this nature?