Ask Me About Mexico! Sam Quinones and Alfredo Corchado [] Distinguished Speaker Series

San Miguel Literary Sala Presents
AUGUST 2021
DISTINGUISHED SPEAKER SERIES 

Ask Me About Mexico!
Sam Quinones and Alfredo Corchado

August 22, 2021
Zoom Event: 6:00–7:30 PM CDT

Sliding Scale Pricing

$5–50 USD

For tickets go to:

sanmiguelliterarysala.org

By Joy Sablatura and Dena M. Cruz

Whether you have questions about the Virgin of Guadalupe, migration to the US, Mexican drag queens preparing for a gay beauty contest, opera in Tijuana, the presidency of AMLO, popsicle-makers in Michoacan, drug cartels, or the opioid crisis in the U.S., these two seasoned reporters have something to say.

Join two accomplished journalists, Sam Quinones and Alfredo Corchado, as they converse on a variety of topics relating to Mexico/US relations and offer compelling insights on life in Mexico.  This online Zoom webinar sponsored by the San Miguel Literary Sala, to be held on August 22, at 6:00–7:30 PM CDT, is an opportunity to ask your burning questions to two award-winning writers who have lived in and covered Mexico for decades.

Sam Quinones grew up California and has been a reporter for 32 years. He is best known for his reporting on Mexico and on Mexicans in the United States. His four highly-acclaimed books include True Tales from Another Mexico and Antonio’s Gun and Delfin’s Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration. Quinones’ latest book, Dreamland, discusses the surprising origins of the opioid crisis, the “explosion in heroin use and how one small Mexican town changed how heroin was produced and sold in America.”  Quinones has been referred to as “the most original writer on Mexico and the border out there” by the San Francisco Chronicle Book Review.

Alfredo Corchado, author of Midnight in Mexico and Homelands: Four Friends, Two Countries, and the Fate of the Great Mexican-American Migration, was born in Durango, Mexico and migrated to the U.S. with his family when he was a child. Corchado, along with his parents, became migrant farm workers in San Joaquin Valley, California. When he was thirteen, he was interviewed by PBS about the lives of farm workers. That exchange stayed with Corchado for life, knowing that people cared about how farm workers lived and were interested in “giving us a voice!” Corchado has been called “the top American journalist covering Mexico today.” His knowledge of the Mexican political system, the drug trade and modern Mexican society is unparalleled. He is the Mexico City bureau chief of the Dallas Morning News.

This is a unique opportunity for you to ask two seasoned reporters/authors about life in Mexico. Join us for this fascinating interactive live event on August 22 at 6pm CDT.

Tickets are $5–50 USD, pay what you wish, available at sanmiguelliterarysala.org