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1 2 3 >>>     sort list by title | publication date Death Blossoms Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience, Expanded Edition Mumia Abu-Jamal Profound meditations on life, death, freedom, family, and faith written by radical, Black journalist, Mumia Abu-Jamal, while he was awaiting his execution. Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? Mumia Abu-Jamal "A must-read for anyone interested in social justice and inequalities, social movements, the criminal justice system, and African American history. An excellent companion to Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow and Ava DuVernay's documentary '13th'."—Library Journal, Starred Review Writing on the Wall Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal Mumia Abu-Jamal, Johanna Fernández Mumia Abu-Jamal's essential perspectives on black experience, race relations, freedom, justice, social change, and the future of American society. With a foreword by Cornel West. Memories of Our Future Selected Essays 1982-1999 Ammiel Alcalay Voted one of the Top 25 Books of 1999 by the Village Voice."An outstanding anthology of essays surveying the complexities of Mediterranean cultures; the diverse, changing space of the Balkans, Middle East, and North Africa-areas of diasporas... Artaud Anthology Antonin Artaud, Jack Hirschman "I am the man," wrote Artaud, "who has best charted his inmost self." Antonin Artaud was a great poet who, like Poe, Holderlin, and Nerval, wanted to live in the infinite and asked that the human spirit burn in absolute freedom. To society, he was a... 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 Anthology of Black Humor André Breton This is the first publication in English of the anthology that contains Breton's definitive statement on l'humour noir, one of the seminal concepts of Surrealism, and his provocative assessments of the writers he most admired. While some of the... American Romances Essays Rebecca Brown New England Puritanism meets West Coast hedonism in an inventive remix of America's cultural history. Absence of the Hero Uncollected Stories and Essays, Vol. 2: 1946-1992 Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne Everyone's favorite Dirty Old Man returns with more boozy tales of extraordinary madness The Mathematics of the Breath and the Way On Writers and Writing Charles Bukowski, David Stephen Calonne A collection of columns, reviews, introductions, interviews, and previously uncollected stories revealing the method behind the madness and critical acumen of Charles Bukowski. The Burroughs File William S. Burroughs Trenchant writings by that sardonic ""hombre invisible,"" William Seward Burroughs, perpetrator of Naked Lunch and other shockers. These malefic and beatific, mordant and hilarious straight-face reports on life are mostly from scatter-shot... Because We Say So Noam Chomsky Concise, forceful commentaries on US politics and global crises, from cyberwar and surveillance to the increasing urgency of climate change. Interventions Noam Chomsky "From 9-11 to the Iraq War, from the 'non-crisis' of social security to the leveling of Lebanon, Chomsky provides informed opinion and critical analysis" – Mumia Abu-Jamal Short, forceful commentaries on U.S. politics from Latin America to the Middle East. Making the Future Occupations, Interventions, Empire and Resistance Noam Chomsky Short, forceful commentaries on U.S. politics, from the economic crisis to Obama's strategies in Afghanistan and around the world. 1 2 3 >>>