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1 2 >>>     sort list by author | publication date Aliens Chingon Chicano artist y Stanford professor Enrique Chagoya is the artistic bridge between Chicano raices and Latinx futuras. This book is a timely mescla of Chagoya's increible artwork and artistic musings. These images are profundo, peligroso, y necesario.. --RECOMMENDED BY JOSIAH Black Futures Kimberly Drew recommended by Ryan INDEX CARDS ' SEL ESSAYS Selected Essays A congregation of sacred Tendaberries and cerebral doovalackies; float down Davey's fecund tributary of musing. ---Ryan All Over Coffee Paul Madonna Animal Farm 50th Anniversary Edition A Fairy Story Illustrated by Ralph Steadman George Orwell A special large-format fiftieth-anniversary edition, illustrated in full color by Ralph Steadman. Includes Orwell's proposed but unpublished preface to the original edition and his preface to the 1947 Ukrainian edition. Bibliodeath My Archives (With Life in Footnotes) Andrei Codrescu Award-winning author Andrei Codrescu's Bibliodeath: My Archives (With Life in Footnotes) surveys the evolutionary relationship between language and technology by examining his own career as a prolific American writer for more than four decades, Doc/Undoc Documentado/Undocumented Ars Shamánica Performática Felicia Rice MacArthur Genius Guillermo Gómez-Peña and award-winning book artist Felicia Rice create a multi-media, border-crossing hybrid: the book as performance art. Everything Is Its Own Reward An All Over Coffee Collection Paul Madonna "The book is fantastic. Of time and tenderness. Beautiful drawings. Beautiful text. Ethereal and serious at once. The book is its own reward." -- Maira Kalman, author of "And the Pursuit of Happiness" How to Kill a City Gentrification, Inequality, and the Fight for the Neighborhood A journey to the front lines of the battle for the future of American cities, uncovering the massive, systemic forces behind gentrification–and the lives that are altered in the process. Just Kids Patti Smith Just Kids illuminates the impressive lover of literature that Patti Smith is. Her memoir will be of particular interest to City Lights enthusiasts as she is our quintessential reader, a fan of the Surrealists... Kenneth Patchen A Centennial Selection Kenneth Patchen, Jonathan Clark The Map of Knowledge A Thousand Year History of How Classical Ideas Were Lost and Found Violet Moller This thrilling history tracks three crucial books as they were passed hand to hand through seven cities during a perilous thousand-year journey of survival. Prison/Culture Sharon E. Bliss, Kevin B. Chen, Steve Dickison, Mark Dean Johnson, Rebeka Rodriguez Nearly fifty artists, poets, and activists examine the contemporary prison system through heartrending art and community The Reality Shows Karen Finley "Ms. Finley hasn't lost the power to disturb."—Ben Brantley, The New York TimesNo other contemporary performing artist has captured the psychological complexity of this decade's political and social milestones as Karen Finley has in the past ten... 1 2 >>>