Rebirth of the Guinea Hens
The author’s fowl defy the blogosphere and stage a comeback.… More »
Mark Bowden is an Atlantic national correspondent. His most recent book is The Best Game Ever, about the 1958 NFL championship game. More
Mark Bowden, an Atlantic Monthly national correspondent, is an author, journalist,
screenwriter, and teacher. His book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War
(1999)—an international bestseller that spent more than a year on the
New York Times bestseller list—was a finalist for the National Book Award.
Bowden also worked on the screenplay for Black Hawk Down, a film adaptation of the
book, directed by Ridley Scott. Bowden is also the author of the international
bestseller Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw (2001),
which tells the story of the hunt for Colombian cocaine billionaire Pablo Escobar.
Killing Pablo won the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award as the
best book in 2001 and is currently being adapted for film, with Bowden again
writing the screenplay. He is also the author of Doctor Dealer (1987), Bringing
the Heat (1994), Our Finest Day (2002) and Finders Keepers (2002).
Bowden contributes regularly to major American magazines. He is also an adjunct professor at Loyola College of Maryland, where he teaches creative writing and journalism.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1951, Bowden grew up in Illinois, New York, and Maryland. He graduated from Loyola College of Maryland in 1973 with a B.A. in English Literature. He lives in southeastern Pennsylvania.
Experienced, emotional, marked by personal tragedy and political setback, Joe Biden is in many ways the antithesis of the president he serves. But his stock has risen steadily in the West Wing, and with the Democrats poised to lose much of their leverage in the midterm elections, the vice president’s unique skills and attributes may prove ever more crucial to his administration’s success.… More »
When the Conficker computer “worm” was unleashed on the world in November 2008, cyber-security experts didn’t know what to make of it. It infiltrated millions of computers around the globe. It constantly checks in with its unknown creators. It uses an encryption code so sophisticated that only a very few people could have deployed it. For the first time ever, the cyber-security elites of the world have joined forces in a high-tech game of cops and…… More »
Good intentions collide with dumb birds on a small farm in Pennsylvania.… More »
With journalists being laid off in droves, ideologues have stepped forward to provide the “reporting” that feeds the 24-hour news cycle. The collapse of journalism means that the quest for information has been superseded by the quest for ammunition. A case-study of our post-journalistic age.… More »
When a U.S. company ignored pilot warnings in Colombia, four Americans died, and three were taken captive… More »
American air superiority has been so complete for so long that we take it for granted. For more than half a century, we’ve made only rare use of the aerial-combat skills of a man like Cesar Rodriguez, who retired two years ago with more air-to-air kills than any other active-duty fighter pilot. But our technological edge is eroding—Russia, China, India, North Korea, and Pakistan all now fly fighter jets with capabilities equal or superior to those of…… More »
For millions of football fans watching at home every Sunday, it seems as though NFL games make a seamless transition from the gridiron to the television screen. But spend a weekend with a network production crew, and you’ll discover what it really takes to turn the on-field action into televised entertainment—intense preparation, frantic effort, brilliant improvisation, and an artistic genius named “Fish.”… More »
How the greatest game in football history looks 50 years later, through the eyes of a modern NFL head coach… More »
Rupert Murdoch wants his Wall Street Journal to displace The New York Times as the world’s paper of record. His ambitions could be good news for the newspaper industry— or another nail in the coffin of serious journalism.… More »
How David Simon’s disappointment with the industry that let him down made The Wire the greatest show on television—and why his searing vision shouldn’t be confused with reality… More »
Beatles fan Mark Bowden chats with Pat Dinizio about his band's new Beatles tribute album, "Meet the Smithereens" … More »
The inside story of how the interrogators of Task Force 145 cracked Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s inner circle—without resorting to torture—and hunted down al-Qaeda’s man in Iraq… More »
A kidnapping at a Philippine resort triggered a yearlong hunt for pirate terrorists and their American hostages. A behind-the-scenes tale of intrigue, spycraft, and betrayal… More »
In April 1980, President Jimmy Carter sent the Army’s Delta Force to bring back fifty-three American citizens held hostage in Iran. Everything went wrong. The fireball in the Iranian desert took the Carter presidency with it. … More »
For Iran's new president, running from the 1979 hostage-taking is like John Hancock's running from the Declaration. What's his problem?… More »
As he prepared to leave office, the deputy secretary of defense engaged in a series of conversations with the author on Iraq, democracy, intelligence, 9/11, and how he believes America must make its way in the world… More »
Terrorists depend on the cooperation of the media. It's time to stop providing it … More »
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