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In Search of the Movement
The Struggle for Civil Rights Then and Now

Benjamin Hedin

Available Now: Published on the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama marches, Ben Hedin analyzes the legacy of the Civil Rights movement, and illuminates the work that continues to be done today.

Rad American Women A-Z
Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries Who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!

Kate Schatz, Miriam Klein Stahl

Now Available at City Lights! A book for children—and their parents, teachers, and cool grown-up friends—documenting America's famous and unsung heroines.

The Gunman

Jean-Patrick Manchette

Now Available!: A gripping noir masterpiece and New York Times notable book in a movie-tie edition. Recommended by both Andy and Jeff, City Lights Books

Beautiful Chaos
A Life in the Theater

Carey Perloff

NOW Available: Carey Perloff, Artistic Director of San Francisco's ACT, pens a memoir of her career in the theater offering a provocative, passionate, and deeply personal view of theater's role today. Carey's book tour includes San Francisco on March 8th at A.C.T., plus events in LA, SD, NY, MN & IL. Go to the book's page for more info.

The Penguin's Song

Hassan Daoud

A family in exile from their home in old Beirut contends with claustrophobic conditions, recriminations, and unrealizable dreams of return. Daoud is one of the Arabic world's premier novelists. Translated from the Arabic by Marilyn Booth.

Deep Code
City Lights Spotlight No. 12

John Coletti

City Lights Spotlight Series No. 12: Deep Code explores "side language," as a subset of other languages, whether slang or metaphor, to both communicate and obfuscate.

Man Alive
A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man

Thomas Page McBee

Far from a transgender transition tell-all, here is a personal yet universal story of charting one's course to ultimate self-recognition. Thomas Page McBee's writings on gender have appeared in the New York Times, Vice, and Salon, and he writes the "Self-Made Man" column for The Rumpus

The Poetry Deal
San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 5

Diane di Prima

San Francisco Poet Laureate Series No. 5: The Poetry Deal is the first full-length collection of poems in decades from legendary feminist Beat poet, Diane di Prima. "A prolific writer generally associated with the Beat Generation, di Prima deserves wider recognition."—Library Journal

Lit Up Inside
Selected Lyrics

Van Morrison

It's here!! Van Morrison selects his best and most iconic lyrics, spanning 50 years of writing and representing his entire creative journey. Gorgeous hardcover edition now available.

Thousand Times Broken
Three Books

Henri Michaux

Three never-before-translated-into-English works from the great visionary French artist & writer Henri Michaux during the period of his mescaline experimentation, with drawings by the author and surrealist painter Roberto Matta. Translated from the French by noted poet Gillian Conoley.

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