Lobo Reading Experience Author Sam Quinones to be at UNM Bookstore

The Lobo Reading Experience is the University of New Mexico's inaugural attempt at a freshman recommended books. This year, Sam Quinones Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream: True Tales of Mexican Migration (UNM Press) has been chosen for its relevance to New Mexico and the Southwest, its engaging writing style, its accessibility to a broad range of readers.

Sam Quinones will be at the UNM Bookstore on Wednesday, Sept. 16 from 3-4 p.m. for a lively discussion and book signing. The UNM Bookstore is located at 2301 Central Ave. NE at the intersection of Cornell and Central. Parking will be validated in the Cornell parking structure for up to one hour with purchase.

Quinones calls on the sunburned village of El Cargardero where dollars finish roads the Mexican government can't and a tomato king from Sacramento becomes an unexpected political warrior; a rough neighborhood in Tijuana where an opera café is one act in the city's burgeoning opera scene; and the shabby Juárez studio of a velvet painter of yesteryear. This Mexico in full-color reveals a land still entrenched in PRI ideology, where the people most capable of evoking change-those with gumption and foresight-tragically leave.

Throughout the book, Quinones weaves in the life of a modern-day Huck Finn-a Mexican boy named Delfino-whose journey begins at age twelve as he trudges down the mountain into Mexico City and continues all the way to Los Angeles. Delfino's story is an endearing tale of a brave boy transformed into the man-of-the-house as he learns to provide for his family, build houses, and break dance.

In Antonio's Gun and Delfino's Dream, Quinones has uncovered stories that help illuminate all that Mexicans seek when they come north. He does so with the flair of a social observer who's seen it, all the while exposing the human face of the real people who've lived it.

Freelance journalist Sam Quinones is a staff writer for The Los Angeles Times. He has contributed stories to The Baltimore Sun, the Houston Chronicle, and the San Francisco Chronicle. He is the author of True Tales from Another Mexico: The Lynch Mob, the Popsicle Kings, Chalino, and the Bronx (UNM Press).
Please call Lisa Walden at 505-277-7494 for more information.

UNM Bookstore
2301 Central Ave NE
Albuquerque, NM 87131

Contact: Lisa Walden/General Book Manager
Phone: 505-277-7494
Email: lwalden@unm.edu