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1 2 3 >>>     sort list by title | author Sister Spit Writing, Rants and Reminiscence from the Road Michelle Tea The inaugural book of the new City Lights/Sister Spit Series! A collection of writing and artwork from Sister Spit, the hilariously feminist, gender-bending, genre-busting literary roadshow. The Meaning of Freedom And Other Difficult Dialogues Angela Y. Davis NOW AVAILABLE! Angela Davis' first book in nearly a decade, and her only book of speeches on racism, community, freedom, and politics in the United States. Inside/Out Selected Poems Marilyn Buck Just published! The first-ever collection of Marilyn Buck's poetry, searing, soaring, a living tribute to her indomitable spirit, revolutionary intelligence, and poet's vision. 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 American Romances Essays Rebecca Brown New England Puritanism meets West Coast hedonism in an inventive remix of America's cultural history. State of Exile Pocket Poets Number 58 Cristina Peri Rossi A tender, moving, and multi-layered portrait of the pain, loneliness and permanent nostalgia of exile. 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. Jumping Over Fire Nahid Rachlin Forced to flee the country with their parents as Khomeini rises to power, Nora and Jahan Ellahi rise to the challenge of anti-Iranian hostility in America. Breaking free from their intense attachment to each other, they explore new relationships to... The Last Time I Saw You Rebecca Brown In The Last Time I Saw You, author Rebecca Brown returns to the obsessive, darkly humorous voice that has earned her comparisons to Samuel Beckett and Djuna Barnes. Some of the tales in this collection are told in the scrappy, breathless voice of a... 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... 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... 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... The End of Youth Rebecca Brown The End of Youth is a collection of 13 linked stories, essays and rants, about carrying on after youth's hope is gone. In "Afraid of the Dark," a child learns that there is good reason to be afraid. The adolescent narrator of "Description of a... 1 2 3 >>>