Rothko Chapel Presents Charles Bowden
Oct 5 2010 7:00 pm
Charles Bowden writes and talks frankly about the brutal violence in the Mexican city Juárez, which borders El Paso, Texas. His latest book, Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields, looks at the life of three people in the city over the course of one year. Bowden has written about the city for over fifteen years, and his work has been published by Harper’s, The New York Times, Esquire, and Mother Jones Magazine.
In Murder City: Ciudad Juárez and the Global Economy’s New Killing Fields, Charles Bowden —one of the few journalists who has spent extended periods of time in Juárez— has written an extraordinary account of what happens when a city disintegrates. Interweaving stories of its inhabitants—a raped beauty queen, a repentant hitman, a journalist fleeing for his life—with a broader meditation on the town’s descent into anarchy, Bowden reveals how Juárez’s culture of violence will not only worsen, but inevitably spread north.
Heartbreaking, disturbing, and unforgettable, Murder City establishes Bowden as one of our leading writers working at the height of his powers.
About the author: Charles Bowden, the recipient of a Lannan Literary Award and the Sidney Hillman Award, is the critically acclaimed author of numerous books, including Down by the River and Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing. He is a contributing editor for GQ and Mother Jones, and also writes for Harper's, the New York Times Book Review, Esquire, and Aperture. He lives in Tucson, Arizona.
Location:
- Street:
- Rothko Chapel
- Additional:
- 3900 Yupon Street
- City:
- Houston ,
- Province:
- Texas
- Postal Code:
- 77006
- Country:
- United States
