Who was Mike Davis? Many know him as a prolific American writer, storyteller, and brass tacks commentator on all things history, urbanism, politics, labor, activism, and society. However, for many, his words and work were grounding stones for their own perspectives on architecture, urban planning.
Mike Davis, who died Tuesday, was both a towering public intellectual and crucially a perpetual outsider and dissident, writes his co-author, Jon Wiener.