At Syracuse University: Eric Schlosser, visiting speaker
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011
4 p.m.
Hendricks Chapel
Free
Reduced-rate parking is available in the Irving Garage
Information: Esther Gray, 315-443-2941 or eegray@syr.edu
As an investigative journalist, Schlosser continues to explore subjects ignored by the mainstream media and gives a voice to people at the margins of society. Over the years he has followed the harvest with migrant farm workers in California, spent time with meatpacking workers in Texas and Colorado, told the stories of marijuana growers, pornographers, and the victims of violent crime, gone on duty with the New York Police Department Bomb Squad, and visited prisons throughout the United States. His aim is to shed light on worlds that are too often hidden.
Schlosser’s first book, Fast Food Nation (2001), helped start a revolution in how Americans think about what they eat. It has been translated into more than 20 languages and remained on the New York Times bestseller list for two years. His second book, Reefer Madness (2003), looked at America’s thriving underground economy. It was also a New York Times bestseller. Chew on This (2006), a New York Times bestselling children’s book, co-written with Charles Wilson, introduced young readers to the health effects of fast food and the workings of industrial agriculture. His next book, Command and Control, is about nuclear proliferation. Before trying to write nonfiction, Schlosser was a playwright and worked for an independent film company. In recent years he has returned to those fields. The lecture is co-sponsored by the Department of Communication and Rhetorical Studies and the College of Human Ecology.
