Carmen Boullosa
Mexican novelist, poet, playwright and essayist known for narrative experimentation and engagement with historical and feminist themes. Born in 1954, she has published fiction, poetry, and drama and is a prominent contemporary voice in Mexican literature.
Books
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1. A Narco History
A compact, provocative history arguing that the Mexican drug trade was co-created by policies and market forces in both Mexico and the United States; tracing roots from 19th-century commerce and early narcotics laws through Prohibition and modern militarized drug policy, it shows how U.S. demand, Mexican elites, state actors, and economic inequality combined to transform small-scale cultivation and smuggling into powerful cartels. Drawing on archival research and reportage, the narrative reveals how prohibition, political collusion, and cross-border commerce produced unintended consequences that reshaped violence, corruption, and everyday life in border communities.
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2. Before
A lyrical, imaginative retelling of the first woman’s life in Eden that gives voice to her thoughts, desires and creative power before the Fall; told in a sensual, questioning tone, the narrative follows her relationships with animals, the nascent human companion and the divine, her discoveries of language, sexuality and motherhood, and her restless refusal to accept simple definitions of sin and obedience as she shapes a female consciousness and origin story.
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