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Welcome to City Lights Publishers!Founded 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. |
Featured Titles from City Lights Publishers
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Tau By Philip Lamantia Journey to the End By John Hoffman Two new books from the classic Beat period: mystical poems by Philip Lamantia and the long-lost "Six Gallery" poems by legendary hipster John Hoffman.
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State of Exile Pocket Poets Number 58 A tender, moving, and multi-layered portrait of the pain, loneliness and permanent nostalgia of exile.
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Dying To Live A Story of U.S. Immigration in an Age of Global Apartheid The real story -- and human price -- of US/Mexico border enforcement.
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You'll Be Okay My Life with Jack Kerouac "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
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King of Shadows A candid and rich account of gay life as a poet in San Francisco since the 1960s
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Writings For A Democratic Society The Tom Hayden Reader The best of Tom Hayden's writings from the turbulent 1960s to the Iraq war.
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Interventions "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
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A Power Governments Cannot Suppress A Power Governments Cannot Suppress is Howard Zinn’s major new collection of essays on American history, class, immigration, justice, and ordinary citizens who have made a difference.
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