{"product_id":"the-charles-bowden-reader-paperback","title":"The Charles Bowden Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Bowden\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I will make bold to say that Bowden is America's most alarming writer. Just when you think you've heard it all you learn you haven't in the most pungent manner possible. . . . With \u003ci\u003eThe Charles Bowden Reader\u003c\/i\u003e in hand you get a taste of it all, and any literate resident or visitor should want this book. It will lead them back to a close, alarming reading of the entire oeuvre. It is to ride in a Ferrari without brakes. There's lots of oxygen but no safe way to stop. . . . Read him at your risk. You have nothing to lose but your worthless convictions about how things are.\" -Jim Harrison, from the foreword\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom his first book, \u003ci\u003eKilling the Hidden Waters\u003c\/i\u003e, to his most recent, \u003ci\u003eMurder City: Cuidad Juárez and the Global Economy's New Killing Fields\u003c\/i\u003e, Charles Bowden has been sounding an alarm about the rapacious appetites of human beings and the devastation we inflict on the natural world we arrogantly claim to possess. His own corner of the world, the desert borderlands between the United States and Mexico, is Bowden's prime focus, and through books, magazine articles, and newspaper journalism he has written eloquently about key issues roiling the border-drug-related violence that is shredding civil society, illegal immigration and its toll on human lives and the environment, destruction of fragile ecosystems as cities sprawl across the desert and suck up the limited supplies of water.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis anthology gathers the best and most representative writing from Charles Bowden's entire career. It includes excerpts from his major books-\u003ci\u003eKilling the Hidden Waters\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlue Desert\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDesierto: Memories of the Future\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBlood Orchid, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlues for Cannibals\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Shadow in the City\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInferno\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExodus\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSome of the Dead Are Still Breathing\u003c\/i\u003e-as well as articles that appeared in Esquire, Harper's, Mother Jones, and other publications. Imbued with Bowden's distinctive rhythm and lyrical prose, these pieces also document his journey of exploration-a journey guided, in large part, by the question posed in \u003ci\u003eSome of the Dead Are Still Breathing\u003c\/i\u003e: \"How do we live a moral life in a culture of death?\" This is no metaphor; Bowden is referring to the people, history, animals, and ecosystems that are being extinguished in the onslaught of twenty-first-century culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe perfect introduction to his work, \u003ci\u003eThe Charles Bowden Reader\u003c\/i\u003e is also essential for those who know him well and want to see the whole panorama of his passionate, intense writing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of twenty-six books, Charles Bowden (1945-2014) was also a contributing editor for \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMother Jones\u003c\/i\u003e. His best-known work focuses on the U.S.-Mexico border, which engrosses him because it is a trip wire for issues--migration spawned by global inequality, the rise of stateless criminal cartels--that will shape the twenty-first century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eErin Almeranti is a writer, editor, and teacher living in Tucson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMary Martha Miles, a college English instructor, radio disk jockey, and writer, is a longtime friend of Charles Bowden.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJim Harrison is the author of thirty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. He has recently published \u003ci\u003eThe Farmer's Daughter\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Small Gods\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of poems. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 311\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.1 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51762696159520,"sku":"9780292721982","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/41ab7c16710a54a95a753c21e2766f2e.webp?v=1780223674","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-charles-bowden-reader-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}