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Thursday, August 30, 2007

Sam Quinones in town Sep. 19th to sign book


Author of Popular Book on Immigration Signs in San Antonio September 19

Los Angeles Times reporter Sam Quinones' new book on Mexican immigration, Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream, has been lauded in the San Francisco Chronicle, Los Angeles Times, Publishers Weekly, and Library Journal and Quinones has been interviewed on All Things Considered, CSPAN, and News Hour with Jim Lehrer.

Quinones will be in San Antonio Wednesday, September 19, 5 p.m. at The Twig Bookshop at 5005 Broadway. Quinones will talk about his book and sign copies. Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream is a series of vignettes on Mexican immigration, covering the opera scene in Tijuana, meatpacking and soccer in Kansas, velvet painting in El Paso, and other fascinating topics.

Quinones is available for interviews, and can accommodate Spanish-language media. Please contact Amanda Sutton for more details: 505-272-7190 or asutton@unm.edu.

More information about Quinones' work can be found at http://www.samquinones.com/.

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