A Narco History: How the United States and Mexico Jointly Created the ''Mexican Drug War'' (2014)

The “War Against Drugs”: who started it, and why? What are its consequences in real terms, not mere statistics, for the people most affected by it?

One hundred thousand deaths later—with the vast majority of those killed innocent citizens, such as the 43 teachers college students murdered in Guerrero—the solution to peace requires a radical rethinking of how America, & its neighbors, approach the illegal drug trade.

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Carmen Boullosa is one of Mexico's leading novelists, poets, & playwrights. She has published over 12 novels, 3 of which have been published by Deep Vellum in English translation. Boullosa has received numerous prizes & honors, including a Guggenheim fellowship. A poet, playwright, essayist, & cultural critic, Boullosa is a Distinguished Lecturer at City College of New York. Other novels translated into English include Before (tr. Peter Bush, Deep Vellum, 2016), Heavens On Earth (tr. Shelby Vincent, Deep Vellum, 2017) & The Book of Anna (tr. Samantha Schnee, Coffee House Press, 2020).