Mike Davis
Mike Davis was born in Fontana, California, 60 miles east of Los Angeles in 1946, and is a veteran of 1960’s civil rights and anti-war movements. From his first book, Prisoners of the American Dream (1986), about unionism in the United States, to his most recent, Buda’s Wagon: A Brief History of the Car Bomb (2007), Davis’ fearless writing in 18 books shines a fresh light on economic, social, environmental, and political injustice. Some of his other books include City of Quartz, Ecology of Fear, Magical Urbanism, Planet of Slums, Dead Cities, In Praise of Barbarians, and No One is Illegal. He is currently working on a book about climate change, water, and power in the U.S. West and northern Mexico. A former meat cutter and long-distance truck driver, Davis has been a fellow at the Getty Institute and was awarded a MacArthur Fellowship in 1998. He teaches at the University of California, Irvine.
Mike Davis elsewhere on Lannan.org
Mike Davis, 2007, (Literary: Awards, Fellowships, and Grants)Mike Davis with Susan Straight, 2008, (Events)
Mike Davis Lannan Podcast Episodes
Mike Davis with Susan Straight, 16 January 2008 - AudioMike Davis around the Web
Additional Photos of 16 January 2008 Event on FlickrVideo of Mike Davis with Bill Moyers
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