This Love Is Not For Cowards Salvation and Soccer in Ciudad Juárez

by Powell, Robert Andrew

• ISBN13: 9781608197187
• ISBN10: 1608197182
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2013-04-09
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

The author of "We Own This Game" tells the story of Mexico's infamous border city ravaged by violence, but held together by the resilience of its citizens and one beloved soccer team.

Author Biography

Robert Andrew Powell is the author of "We Own This Game" (Grove/Atlantic, 2003), a story of race, politics and football in Miami. The book was excerpted in Sports Illustrated; the magazine later named it one of the Best Books of 2003. His journalism has appeared in the New York Times, the New York Times Magazine, Play, Slate, Mother Jones, Inc., 5280, Sports Illustrated, Runner's World, the Kansas City Star, on public radio's "This American Life with Ira Glass," and in the "Best American Sports Writing" anthology. He also produced a documentary film, "Year of the Bull," which first aired on Showtime. He has won a James Beard Award for his food writing and twice been a finalist for the Livingston Award. He lives in Miami.