New Books from City Lights Books

Islanders, Ammiel Alcalay

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

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

Trance Archive, Andrew Joron

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

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

The Rising of the Ashes, Tahar Ben Jelloun

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

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

Prison/Culture

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

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

Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself, Frederick Douglass, Angela Y. Davis

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

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

The Awakener, Helen Weaver

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

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

Impossible Princess, Kevin Killian

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

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

To Die for the People, Huey Newton

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

Free Cell, Anselm Berrigan

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 00:00:00 +0100

The second volume in the City Lights Spotlight series-experimental poems by innovative New York poet and former St. Mark's Poetry Project director

Beauty Salon, Mario Bellatin

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Biting social allegory from one of Mexico's most exciting young authors: edgy, lyrical and cynically hopeful.

Who's to Say What's Obscene?, Paul Krassner

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Satirical essays by a countercultural icon about the moral obscenity of contemporary politics, culture, and comedy

Smash the Church, Smash the State!

Fri, 05 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

From the first high heel thrown at Stonewall to the last performance of the drag burlesque group the Cockettes, enter the wild days of the late '60s and early '70s with the individuals who lived them!

American Romances, Rebecca Brown

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0100

New England Puritanism meets West Coast hedonism in an inventive remix of America's cultural history.

Life As We Show It

Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

Writings about the influence of film on the cultural and individual imagination

The Peep Diaries, Hal Niedzviecki

Mon, 11 May 2009 00:00:00 +0100

One man's journey through a rapidly transforming culture of lying, spying, revealing, and confessing

Where Shadows Will, Norma Cole

Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100

First volume of the new City Lights Spotlight series: selected poems by a major avant-garde woman poet.