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1 2 >>>     sort list by title | author Robert Duncan in San Francisco Michael Rumaker HOT OFF THE PRESS: A revealing portrait of a major poet of the SF Renaissance and a gripping account of late '50s gay life. I Must Resist Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters Bayard Rustin, Julian Bond, Michael G Long Hot off the press: Bayard Rustin's life story told in his own words through his intimate correspondence, published on the centennial of his birth. In Danger A Pasolini Anthology Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jack Hirschman In Danger reveals the literary life of internationally renowned filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself A New Critical Edition by Angela Y. Davis Frederick Douglass, Angela Y. Davis A new edition of the African American masterpiece featuring critical essays by Angela Y. Davis The Awakener A Memoir of Kerouac and the Fifties Helen Weaver Helen Weaver's intimate memoir of love and friendship with Jack Kerouac and the Beats The Peep Diaries How We're Learning to Love Watching Ourselves and Our Neighbors Hal Niedzviecki One man's journey through a rapidly transforming culture of lying, spying, revealing, and confessing Writings For A Democratic Society The Tom Hayden Reader Tom Hayden The best of Tom Hayden's writings from the turbulent 1960s to the Iraq war. King of Shadows Aaron Shurin A candid and rich account of gay life as a poet in San Francisco since the 1960s You'll Be Okay My Life with Jack Kerouac Edie Kerouac-Parker "We’ve officially entered what might as well be called Jack Kerouac Awareness Month. It’s the 50th anniversary of the publication of 'On the Road,' and the commemorations include . . . a memoir, 'You’ll Be Okay,' from Kerouac’s first wife." – NY Times Criminal of Poverty Growing Up Homeless in America Lisa Gray-Garcia, aka Tiny A daughter’s struggle to keep her family alive, through poverty, homelessness and incarceration. The Yage Letters Redux Allen Ginsberg, William S. Burroughs, Oliver Harris In January 1953, William Burroughs began a seven-month expedition into the jungles of South America, ostensibly to find yage, the fabled hallucinogen of the Amazon. But Burroughs also cast his anthropological-satiric eye over the local regimes... In the Heart of the Heart of Another Country Etel Adnan A mosaic of lyrical vignettes, at once deeply personal and political, set against the turbulent backdrop of Arab/Western relations. Adnan writes, "Contrary to what is usually believed, it is not general ideas and grandiose unfolding of great events... The Book of Jon Eleni Sikelianos With a seamless weave of letters, reminiscences, poems and journal entries, Sikelianos creates a loving portrait-and an unblinking indictment-of her father. Jon, a multitalented, eccentric visionary, emerges as a brilliant, charming, irresponsible... Indigenous Growing up Californian Cris Mazza Cris Mazza delivers a spirited rebuttal to pop-culture stereotypes about growing up female in Southern California. Coming of age in the 1970s and '80s, Mazza's memories aren't about surfing, cheerleading or riding in convertibles. Though her story... 1 2 >>>