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What It Means When A Man Falls From The Sky Stories Lesley Nneka Arimah In "Who Will Greet You at Home," a National Magazine Award finalist for The New Yorker, A woman desperate for a child weaves one out of hair, with unsettling results. In “Wild,” a disastrous night out shifts a teenager and her Nigerian cousin onto uneasy common ground.

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The Secret Meaning of Things Lawrence Ferlinghetti Six long poems including "Assassination Raga" -- on the death of the Kennedys.

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Pedagogy of Freedom Ethics, Democracy, and Civic Courage Paulo Freire This book displays the striking creativity and profound insight that characterized Freire's work to the very end of his life-an uplifting and provocative exploration not only for educators, but also for all that learn and...

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Free Enterprise A Novel of Mary Ellen Pleasant Michelle Cliff In 1858, two black women meet at a restaurant and begin to plot a revolution. Mary Ellen Pleasant owns a string of hotels in San Francisco that secretly double as havens for runaway slaves. Her comrade, Annie, is a young Jamaican who has given up her...

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Free Cell City Lights Spotlight No. 2 Anselm Berrigan The second volume in the City Lights Spotlight series—experimental poems by innovative New York poet and former St. Mark's Poetry Project director.

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The Psychopath Test A Journey Through the Madness Industry Jon Ronson You may be one. But if you're not, someone you know is! An intriguing read. —Recommended by Don, City Lights Books The Psychopath Test is a fascinating journey through the minds of madness. Jon Ronson's exploration of a potential hoax being played...

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The Meaning of Freedom And Other Difficult Dialogues Angela Y. Davis Angela Davis' first book in nearly a decade, and her only book of speeches on racism, community, freedom, and politics in the United States.

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Information Doesn't Want to Be Free Laws for the Internet Age Cory Doctorow In sharply argued, fast-moving chapters, Cory Doctorow's Information Doesn’t Want to Be Free takes on the state of copyright and creative success in the digital age. Can small artists still thrive in the Internet era? Can giant record labels avoid alienating their audiences? This is a book about the pitfalls, and the opportunities...

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A Listener's Guide to Free Improvisation John Corbett Improvisation rattles some listeners. Maybe they're even suspicious of it. John Coltrane's saxophonic flights of fancy, Jimi Hendrix's feedback drenched guitar solos, Ravi Shankar’s sitar extrapolations—all these sounds seem like so much noodling or jamming, indulgent self-expression. "Just" improvising, as is sometimes said.

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The Sympathizer Viet Thanh Nguyen Cracks the veneer. —Recommended by Tân, City Lights Books Also recommended by Peter, Andy & Paul, City Lights Books A profound, startling, and beautifully crafted debut novel, The Sympathizer is the story of a man of two minds, someone whose political beliefs clash with his individual loyalties.

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