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Sam Quinones

Sam Quinones

Thom Gunn

A book of letters written by the late poet Thom Gunn has just come out.

May 22, 2022

Thom Gunn

May 22, 2022

Sam Quinones

Diet for a Small Planet & our epidemic of addiction

A book titled Diet for a Small Planet that changed a lot about our country turns 50 this year, but it has never been more relevant.

Sep 22, 2021

Sep 22, 2021

Sam Quinones

Hank Williams

Just finished his biography.

Mar 20, 2019

Hank Williams

Mar 20, 2019

Sam Quinones

For My Father — Ricardo J. Quinones, 1935–2019

My dad died recently. He was a great father, loved his boys fiercely, a beloved and tempestuous literature professor at Claremont McKenna…

Mar 10, 2019

For My Father — Ricardo J. Quinones, 1935–2019

Mar 10, 2019

Sam Quinones

The Palomino Rides Again

I don’t go in for nostalgia much. The Rock N Roll Hall of Fame, for example, seems a sad place to end up, because it means you and what…

Oct 10, 2018

The Palomino Rides Again

Oct 10, 2018

Sam Quinones

Pennsylvania Priests and Bebop Jazzmen

I read two things the other day.

Aug 29, 2018

Aug 29, 2018

Sam Quinones

Orchard Supply Hardware and the Mediocrity of Millionaires

Today I learned that the Orchard Supply Hardware store near me is closing.

Aug 28, 2018

Orchard Supply Hardware and the Mediocrity of Millionaires

Aug 28, 2018

Sam Quinones

The Original Mexican Mafia Godfather Dies

Los Angeles never had a mafia in the way that many East Coast cities did.

Jun 30, 2018

Jun 30, 2018

Sam Quinones

TONY KINMAN — An American Original

I read on FB that Tony Kinman is very ill.

May 3, 2018

TONY KINMAN — An American Original

May 3, 2018

Sam Quinones

Dreamland Lifeguard! Lifting the Fog of Dope

Today a startup in the small town of Portsmouth, Ohio comes out with a line of t-shirts called DREAMLAND LIFEGUARD.

Jun 30, 2017

Dreamland Lifeguard! Lifting the Fog of Dope

Jun 30, 2017

Sam Quinones

Sam Quinones

Wrote The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth — and Dreamland, too. Read my blog & books at samquinones.com.

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