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City Lights Publications In addition to our world-renowned bookstore, City Lights is a publishing company, offering 12-20 new titles each year and an extensive backlist of quality fiction and nonfiction titles. Founded by Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1955, with nearly 200 books in print, City Lights publishes cutting-edge fiction, poetry, memoirs, literary translations and books on vital social and political issues. Here you'll find a selection of our most recent books and some we'd like to feature, and also a complete listing of our books, searchable by author and title. For more information on City Lights Publishers, see our Publisher's Home page.

<<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >>>     sort list by title | author To Die in Mexico Dispatches from Inside the Drug War John Gibler On-the-ground reporting and behind-the-scene stories from Mexico's drug war by Mexico-based journalist, John Gibler. Ten Years That Shook the City San Francisco 1968-1978 Chris Carlsson The alliances, programs, and goals of a historic decade that continues to shape SF and the world. Look Down, This Is Where It Must Have Happened Hal Niedzviecki A millennial masterpiece, wildly imaginative and boldly executed by a master storyteller and penetrating cultural observer. Beat Atlas A State by State Guide to the Beat Generation in America Bill Morgan The ultimate tour guide for those interested in the Beats and their travels "on the road." Green Is the New Red An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege Will Potter An insider tells how environmentalists and animal rights activists have become "the number one domestic terrorism threat." Compression & Purity Spotlight Series Number 5 Will Alexander African American surrealism that extends from the ocean floor to the outer reaches of space. Crossing Zero The AfPak War at the Turning Point of American Empire Paul Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gould How the U.S. war in Afghanistan has spread to Pakistan; how Russia, India, China, and Iran are involved; and the long term consequences for America. The Scale of Maps Belén Gopegui A novel and its protagonist create one another, in a tale strung between the work of Cervantes and Nabokov. The Black History of the White House Clarence Lusane The untold history and politics of the White House from the perspective of African Americans White Hand Society The Psychedelic Partnership of Timothy Leary & Allen Ginsberg Peter Conners How Allen Ginsberg and Timothy Leary launched the psychedelic revolution together: the inside story. Kaddish and Other Poems: 1958-1960 Pocket Poets Number 14, 50th Anniversary Edition Allen Ginsberg Allen Ginsberg's "Kaddish," a long poem written about the madness and death of his mother, Naomi, is widely considered to be one his major works. This special fiftieth­-anniversary edition of Kaddish & Other Poems features an illuminating afterword by... Stranger in Town Cedar Sigo Redolent of Wieners, Whalen, and Lamantia, Stranger in Town is the second coming of the SF Renaissance. In Danger A Pasolini Anthology Pier Paolo Pasolini, Jack Hirschman In Danger reveals the literary life of internationally renowned filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini The Bomb Howard Zinn Howard Zinn's personal, historical, and political views on the significance of the U.S. bombings of Royan and Hiroshima <<< 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 >>>