New Books from City Lights Books

Stranger in Town, Cedar Sigo

Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Redolent of Wieners, Whalen, and Lamantia, Stranger in Town is the second coming of the SF Renaissance.

Sun, 01 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +0100

In Danger reveals the literary life of internationally renowned filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini

Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Howard Zinn's personal, historical, and political views on the significance of the U.S. bombings of Royan and Hiroshima

Wed, 28 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

How "colorblindness" in policy and personal practice perpetuate racial inequity in the United States today

Tue, 13 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Interviews with Chomsky accompanied by commentaries by indigenous organizers on globalization and resistance in the Americas

Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Everyone's favorite Dirty Old Man returns with more boozy tales of extraordinary madness

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Visionary poems by Mexico's famed poet-activist

Mon, 15 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Short, forceful commentaries on U.S. politics, from the economic crisis to Obama's strategies in Afghanistan and around the world.

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Seen through the prism of personal history, an evocative, unsettling view of a world falling apart

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Like a chance encounter between Einstein and Breton, Trance Archive embraces philosophy, science, and surrealism.

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100

Two epic poems focus on the bitter consequences of war and violence in the Middle East

Wed, 16 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Nearly fifty artists, poets, and activists examine the contemporary prison system through heartrending art and community

Thu, 03 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0100

A new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis

Thu, 15 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Helen Weaver's intimate memoir of love and friendship with Jack Kerouac and the Beats

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Impossible Princess is a book John Rechy's or Dennis Cooper's characters would read

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100

A fascinating, first-person account of a historic era in the struggle for black empowerment in America