Skip to main content
close
Font size options
Increase or decrease the font size for this website by clicking on the 'A's.
Contrast options
Choose a color combination to give the most comfortable contrast.

Meet the author: Sam Quinones - Virtual

Join Sam Quinones for a discussion of the fentanyl epidemic.

2023-02-09 19:00:00 2023-02-09 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet the author: Sam Quinones - Virtual Sam Quinones is the author of "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth," as well as "Dreamland: the True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic." Virtual Branch -

Thursday, February 09
7:00pm - 8:00pm

Add to Calendar 2023-02-09 19:00:00 2023-02-09 20:00:00 America/New_York Meet the author: Sam Quinones - Virtual Sam Quinones is the author of "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth," as well as "Dreamland: the True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic." Virtual Branch -

Sam Quinones is the author of "The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth," as well as "Dreamland: the True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic."

Sam Quinones is an independent journalist and author of four acclaimed books of narrative nonfiction, including The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth, as well as Dreamland: the True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic, a National Book Critics Circle Award winner. Quinones’ career as a journalist has spanned 35 years. Columbia Journalism School selected him as a 2008 recipient of the Maria Moors Cabot prize, for a career of excellence in covering Latin America. He is also a 1998 recipient of an Alicia Patterson Fellowship, one of the most prestigious fellowships given to print journalists. His knowledge of American society's abuse of fentanyl, methamphetamines and opiates has been plumbed by C-SPAN, PBS, NPR, including Terry Gross, as well as popular podcasters, such as Marc Maron. In 2018, he testified before the US Senate on the opioid epidemic. 

NEW: You will need to be signed into Zoom to attend this program via the web.

To sign in, you must first create a free account: https://zoom.us/signup

Once you are signed in on Zoom, return to this page and click on the link below to join the program.

Join our event here: 

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87058482184

Or Dial In: 301 715 8592; Meeting ID: 870 5848 2184

Looking for works of Sam Quinones in our print collection? You will find them here.

Don't want to travel to the library? Look for his works in our digital collections, Libby by Overdrive and Hoopla.

Looking for more author talks at MCPL? Consider coming to the Rockville Memorial Library on Tuesday, March 7 at 7:00 pm to meet, in-person, translator Mojdeh Bahar. Milkvetch and Violets is her first book of translations from one of her favorite contemporary Persian poets, Mohammad Reza Shafi'i-Kadkani.

Don't have a card right now? No worries! Find out how to Get a Library Card.

By joining this Virtual MCPL program, you agree to abide by our rules of conduct. Library staff has the authority to remove you from this program if we deem your behavior to be inappropriate, to ensure the safety of staff and customers.

Learn about MCPL's Zoom Security Settings

Accommodation Requests

People who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing should request English-language captioning or sign-language interpretation at least five days before the library-sponsored program they plan to attend. Contact the Assistant Facilities and Accessibility Program Manager at 240-777-0002 with all other accommodation requests.

cm 1.1 01/03/2023

AGE GROUP: | Teens | Older Adults | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Lectures and Discussions |

TAGS: | Virtual Program |

Virtual Branch

Branch manager
Maddie Hines

Hours
Mon, Sep 15 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Tue, Sep 16 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Wed, Sep 17 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Thu, Sep 18 10:00AM to 8:00PM
Fri, Sep 19 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sat, Sep 20 10:00AM to 6:00PM
Sun, Sep 21 10:00AM to 6:00PM

Upcoming Events

Mon, Sep 15, 9:30am - 11:30am
Registration is now closed

Mon, Sep 15, 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Tue, Sep 16, 3:00pm - 4:30pm

Wed, Sep 17, 10:30am - 12:00pm

Wed, Sep 17, 6:00pm - 7:30pm

Thu, Sep 18, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Mon, Sep 22, 9:30am - 11:30am

Cancelled
Thu, Sep 25, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Thu, Sep 25, 6:45pm - 7:45pm

Cancelled
Thu, Oct 02, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Mon, Oct 06, 9:30am - 11:30am

Tue, Oct 07, 1:30pm - 2:45pm

Wed, Oct 08, 1:00pm - 3:00pm

Thu, Oct 09, 2:30pm - 4:00pm

Thu, Oct 09, 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Registration opens Thursday, September 18 2025 at 9:00am

Thu, Oct 09, 6:45pm - 7:45pm

Tue, Oct 14, 6:30pm - 7:30pm

Wed, Oct 15, 10:30am - 12:00pm
Registration opens Wednesday, September 17 2025 at 9:00am

Wed, Oct 15, 1:00pm - 3:00pm