Join us to hear from journalist Sam Quinon es\, author of the groundbreaking book &ldquo\;Dreamland: True Tales of Am erica&rsquo\;s Opiate Epidemic\,&rdquo\; which ignited awareness of the ep idemic that cost the U.S. hundreds of thousands of lives. Sam&rsquo\;s new est book is &ldquo\;The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth\,&rdquo\; which chronicles the rise of fentanyl \, a cheap and lethal drug marketed to those who became addicted during th e opioid epidemic\, as well as Americans&rsquo\; quiet attempts to recover community through simple acts of helping the vulnerable.
\nSam is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist\, a reporter for 35 years\, and au thor of four acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction. He is a veteran repo rter on immigration\, gangs\, drug trafficking and the border.
\nIn 2015\, &ldquo\;Dreamland&rdquo\; won a National Book Critics Circle award for the Best Nonfiction Book of 2015\, and was selected as one of the Best Books of 2015 by industry leaders across the nation\, including the Wall Street Journal. In 2019\, Slate.com selected Dreamland as one of the 50 be st nonfiction books of the last 25 years. In 2021\, GQ Magazine selected D reamland as one of the &ldquo\;50 Best Books of Literary Journalism of the 21st Century.&rdquo\;
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