Books published by City Lights Books

The story of how a national grassroots network fought a resurgence of the KKK and other fascist groups during the Reagan years, laying the groundwork for today's anti-fascist/anti-racist movements.

A series of personal and historical encounters with surrealism from one of its foremost practitioners in the United States.

A powerful critique of how manipulation of media gives rise to disinformation, intolerance, and divisiveness, and what can be done to change direction.

A memoir and book of mourning, a grandson's attempt to reconcile his own uncontested citizenship with his grandfather's lifelong struggle.

The life, times, and work of Herbert Marcuse, one of the 20th century's most remarkable cultural figures.

Seminal moments, rites of passage, crystalline vignettes-a memoir about growing up on the U.S./Mexico border.

The triumphs and tragedies of growing up as the son of a famous Beat artist

From New York School scion and memoirist, a new book of poems considering domesticity in the heart of the city.

Four unpublished journals by a master of the form, one of the greatest American poets of the 20th Century.

A far-ranging critique of the rise of authoritarianism and white nationalism in the US and the consequences for democracy

Anarcho-socialism meets Christian mysticism in Occupy veteran's avant-garde poems.

The first full-length collection in fifteen years from New York School prodigy and master of lyrical abstraction David Shapiro.

A powerful indictment on the history of police violence against people of color, from slavery to today's Black Lives Matter.

Hip Hop's larger-than-life emcees and famous couples inspire spoken word couplets, sonnets and prosepoems. Fiercely intelligent, emotionally packed, righteously feminist.

First collection of Lowry's extensive poetic canon, including most of the Mexican verses related to his novel, Under the Volcano.

San Francisco's first Latino poet laureate offers new poems written in the native tongue of contemporary America: English-and-Spanish.

A family in exile from their home in old Beirut contends with claustrophobic conditions, recriminations, and unrealizable dreams of return.