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Published on the 50th anniversary of the Selma-to-Montgomery, Alabama marches, Ben Hedin analyzes the legacy of the civil rights movement.

Helen Weaver's insightful and riveting memoir of love and friendship with Jack Kerouac and the Beats.

A fresh and comprehensive analysis of Afghanistan's political history emphasizing the impact of US interventions

A risky and risque prison memoir depicts the collective nightmare of life under Saddam.

A revealing portrait of a major poet of the SF Renaissance and a gripping account of late '50s gay life.

With public discourse more skewed than ever by big money's propaganda, our future hinges on our capacity for critical thinking.

An elegy for the dream of a radical queer community, and the mythical city that was supposed to nurture it.

A tender, tragic, absurd and highly original voice, Liebegott's award-winning epic road poem has been compared to Kerouac and Wojnarowicz.

Camus meets Orhan Pamuk, via Freud, in this existentialist novel by the father of Turkish modernism.

New and expanded edition of the classic go-to collection of Welch's poetry, a must for both fans and new readers.

A hot-button primer on the taboo subject impacting most Americans today: the failure of capitalism to deliver public good.

Zinn's articles for The Progressive (1980--2009) offer timeless analysis and advocacy for freedom, democracy and social change in the US.

San Francisco Chinatown is the first history of and guide to SF Chinatown written by someone born and raised there.

First-ever collection of Marilyn Buck's poetry, searing, soaring, a living tribute to her indomitable spirit, revolutionary intelligence and poet's vision.

On-the-ground reporting and behind-the-scene stories from Mexico's drug war by Mexico-based journalist, John Gibler.

Spells, invocations, laments, and ritual rants. 'One of the fastest, wisest women to run with the wolves in some time.'- New York Times

The keys to a historic trap are discovered in a cache of forgeries and crumbling film stock.

Vivid, unforgettable stories of a young boy's aching hopefulness, tortured disillusionment, and the confusing struggle of growing up in 1960s.

With Nervous Device, Catherine Wagner explores the boundary the poem marks between poet and audience on the map of desire.

If Philip Sydney had been a third-gender queer poet, he might have written the highly erotic Advice for Lovers.

Why anti-Muslim sentiment is on the rise in the US and Europe, and what can be done to stop it.

From the bayous of Louisiana to the pavements of San Francisco, Micah Ballard rounds up his haunting Waifs and Strays.

Two epic poems focus on the bitter consequences of war and violence in the Middle East.

Tim Wise addresses whites' anxiety about cultural shifts displacing their power and privilege--and offers ideas on how to move forward.

In Citizen Aaron Shurin has collected sixty-eight vibrant new poems that are by turns romantic, visceral, edgy, and unabashedly beautiful.

A God whose powers are reduced to petty acts of destruction attempts to reclaim his lost seat in the heavens.

Prose poems by one of Spain's greatest poets.

Spare and haunting, whimsical and contemplative snapshot-stories that reveal an unfamiliar Israel by remapping its blind spots.

Poems with great lyric power treat the heritage, history, and aspirations of Morocco and the Arab world.

A selection of candid photographs by a founding member of the Beat Generation.