Sam Quinones

Sam Quinones

author of “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth”

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Los Angeles-based Sam Quinones is a journalist, and author of three books of narrative nonfiction. He spent 10 years living and reporting from Mexico, where he authored two books about the country and Mexican immigration. He spent another 10 years at the Los Angeles Times, covering immigration, drug trafficking, street gangs and neighborhoods. His most recent book is Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic.

 

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Journalist Sam Quinones talks about his new book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth."

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Journalist Sam Quinones talks about his new book, “The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth."

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