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CITY LIGHTS PUBLISHERSSpring/Summer 2010
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We proudly present our Spring/Summer 2010 catalog. Reviewers, please let us
know if youd like an advance copy of any book were publishing:
Email [email protected]; Call 415-362-1901; Fax this checklist 415-362-4921;
or Mail it to: Stacey Lewis / City Lights Publishers / 261 Columbus Ave /
San Francisco, CA 94133.
THE BLACK HISTORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE
NEW WORLD OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE
COLORBLIND
IN DANGER
ABSENCE OF THE HERO
ISLANDERS
THE BOMB
PRISON/CULTURE
TRANCE ARCHIVE
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T H E B L A C K H I S T O R Y O F T H E W H I T E H O U S E
THE BLACK HISTORY OF THE WHITE HOUSE
BY CL A R E N CE LUSANE
The Black History of the White House pres-
ents the untold history and shifting signifi-cance of the White House as experienced by
African Americans, from the generations of
enslaved people who helped to build it or
were forced to work there to its first black
First Family, the Obamas.
Juxtaposing significant events in White House history with the ongoing struggle
for equal rights, Lusane offers a unique and compelling view of one of Americas most
symbolic structures. And from the first slave-owning presidents to more contempo-
rary examples, he shows how U.S. presidents have used their authority to advance
racial justice only when under great pressure to do so. Here is the story of the furiousbacklash unleashed against President Roosevelt for inviting Booker T. Washington
to dinner in 1901, which resulted in a virtual ban on such invitations for the next 30
years. Here too are the voices of those who insisted on justice and representation,
such as Marcus Garvey, who issued a call in 1920 for a Black House and a black presi-
dent. The Black History of the White Houseis a timely reminder that the White House
has always been a prism through which to view the progress and struggles of black
Americans.
Dr. Lusane has been published in the Washington Post, the Miami Herald,
the Oakland Tribune, Black Scholar, and more. He often appears on PBS,
BET, C-SPAN, and other national media. Author of several books and
former editor of Black Political Agenda, he teaches at Howard University.
ISBN: 978-0-87286-532-7 $16.95, $17.95/CAN 200PP
JUNE 2010 TRADE PAPERBACK HISTORY / SOCIAL SCIENCE / CURRENT EVENTS
THE UNTOLD HISTORY
AND POLITICS OF THE
WHITE HOUSE FROM
THE PERSPECTIVE OF
AFRICAN AMERICANS
CLARENCE LUSANE IS ONE OF AMERICAS MOST THOUGHTFUL AND CRITICAL THINKERS
ON ISSUES OF RACE, CLASS AND POWER.MANNING MARABLE
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N E W W O R L D O F I N D I G E N O U S R E S I S T A N C E
NEW WORLD OF INDIGENOUS RESISTANCE
BY NOAMCHOMSKYAN D VOICES FROM NORTH, SOUTHAN DCENTRALAMERICA
EDITED BY LOIS MEYERAN D BENJAMN MALDONADO
CITY LIGHTS OPEN MEDIA
Indigenous societies today face difficult
choices: can they develop, modernize,
and advance without endangering their
sacred traditions and communal identity?
Specifically, can their communities benefit
from national education while resisting the
tendency of state-imposed programs to
undermine their cultural sovereignty, lan-
guage, and traditions? According to Lois
Meyer and Benjamn Maldonado, these areamong the core questions being faced by
indigenous societies whose comunalidad
or communal way of lifeis at odds with the dictates of big business and the social
programs of the state.
To explore these issues in depth, Meyer and Maldonado conducted a series of
dialogues with Noam Chomsky, and invited numerous organizers and intellectuals from
indigenous communities of resistance to comment. In three in-depth conversations,
Chomsky offers poignant lessons from his vast knowledge of world history, linguistics,
economics, anti-authoritarian philosophy and personal experience, and traces numer-
ous parallels with other peoples who have resisted state power while attempting to
modernize, develop, survive, and sustain their unique community identity and tradition.
Following the interviews are commentaries from more than a dozen activists and intel-
lectuals from the Americas, who speak from their on-the-ground experiences and work
with indigenous communities in Mexico, Bolivia, Argentina, Peru, and Canada. This is
Chomsky at his bestlucid, accessible and deeply informative.
Noam Chomsky is the critically acclaimed author of several bestselling
books. Some of his recent titles include Hegemony or Survival, Imperial
Ambitions, 9 -11, Media Control, and Interventions.
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APRIL 2010 TRADE PAPERBACK LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES / POLITICAL SCIENCE
INTERVIEWS
WITH CHOMSKY
ACCOMPANIED BY
COMMENTARIES
BY INDIGENOUS
ORGANIZERS ON
GLOBALIZATION AND
RESISTANCE IN THE
AMERICAS
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Tim W ise is aut hor of seve ral bo oks, includ ing White Like Meand the
runaway hit, Between Barack and a Hard Place .
C O L O R B L I N D
COLORBLIND
Barack Obama, Post-Racial Liberalism and the Retreat From
Racial Equity
BY TI M WI S E
CITY LIGHTS OPEN MEDIA
Ever since the New Deal, voices on the liberal left
have advocated a retreat from color-conscious
public policies such as affirmative action, and
even from open discussion of racism as a key
factor in the perpetuation of racial inequity in
the United States. They have argued that the
barriers faced by black and brown Americans
are largely divorced from racism, and that these
stem, instead, from economic factors such as
deindustrialization, capital flight from the cities,
spiraling healthcare costs and inadequate funding for education, jobs programs, and
other programs of social uplift. From this starting point, they contend that universal
programs intended to help the poor and working class are the best means for narrowing
the racial inequalities with which the nation is still plagued.
In the first book to discuss the pitfalls of colorblindness in the Obama era, Tim
Wise argues against colorblindness and fordeeper color-consciousness in both public
and private practice. We can only begin to move toward authentic social and economic
equity through what he calls illuminated individualismacknowledging the diverseidentities that have shaped our perceptions and the role that race continues to play in
the maintenance of disparities between whites and people of color in the United States
today.
ISBN: 978-0-87286-508-2 $13.95, $14.95/CAN 160PP
MAY 2010 TRADE PAPERBACK SOCIAL SCIENCE / POLITICAL SCIENCE / CURRENT EVENTS
HOW
COLORBLINDNESS
IN POLICY AND
PERSONAL PRACTICE
PERPETUATE RACIAL
INEQUITY IN THE
UNITED STATES TODAY
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I N D A N G E R
IN DANGER
A Pa so li ni An th ol ogy
BY PIER P A O L O PASOLINI EDITED , WI T H AN INTRODUCTION BY J A CK H I R S CH M A N
Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was a major
cultural figure in post-WW2 Italy, well
known as a poet, novelist, communist intel-
lectual, and filmmaker. In Dangeris the first
anthology in English devoted to his political
and literary essays, and includes a gener-
ous selection of his poetry. Against the
backdrop of post-war Italy, and continuing
through the mid-70s, Pasolinis writings provide a fascinating portrait of a Europe in
which fascists and communists violently clashed for power and journalists ran great
risks. The controversial and openly gay Pasolini was murdered at fifty-three; In Danger
includes his final interview, conducted hours before his death, as well as the cryptic
litany What Is This Coup? I Know, which many suspect motivated his murder. Here
also are Pasolinis essays on cultural topics like hippies and Zen buddhism, literary
discussions of writers like Italo Calvino, Marianne Moore, and Costantine Cavafy, and
even a 1967 interview between Pasolini and Ezra Pound concerning Pounds relation-
ship to the contemporary Italian avant-garde. The poetry ranges from early works
written in the Friulan dialect through his later lyric blasts against fascism.
In Danger is edited and introduced by internationally renowned poet Jack
Hirschman, who also edited the enduring City Lights classic Artaud Anthology. Trans-
lated by several hands, including Hirschman and well-known rocker Jonathan Rich-
man,In Dangeris essential reading for anyone interested in Pasolinis brave lyricism
and critical insight.Pier Paolo Pasolini (1922-1975) was a major cultural figure in post-WW2Italy, well-known as a poet, novelist, communist intellectual, and film-
maker.
ISBN: 978-0-87286-507-5 $16.95, $17.95/CAN 250PP
AUGUST 2010 TRADE PAPERBACK POETRY / PO LITICAL SCIENCE / LITERARY CRITICISM
IN DA NG ER REVEALS
THE LITERARY LIFE
OF INTERNATIONALLY
RENOWNED
FILMMAKER PIER
PAOLO PASOLINI
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APRIL 2010 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
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APRIL 2010 TRADE CLOTH FICTION
A B S E N C E O F T H E H E R O
ABSENCE OF THE HERO
Uncollected Stories and Essays, Vol. 2: 1946-1992
BY CH A R L E S BU KO W S KI
EDITED , WI T H AN I N T R O D U CT I O N BY D A V I D CALONNE
Everyones favorite Dirty Old Man returns with
a new volume of uncollected work. Charles
Bukowski (1920-1994), one of the most outrageous
figures of 20th-century American literature, was
so prolific that many significant pieces never
found their way into his books. Absence of the
Herocontains much of his earliest fiction, unseen
in decades, as well as a number of previously
unpublished stories and essays. The classic Bukowskian obsessions are here: sex, booze,
and gambling, along with trenchant analysis of what he calls Playing and Being the Poet.
Among the books highlights are tales of his infamous public readings (The Big Dope
Reading, I Just Write Poetry So I Can Go to Bed with Girls); a review of his own first
book; hilarious installments of his newspaper column, Notes of a Dirty Old Man, including
meditations on neo-Nazis and driving in Los Angeles; and an uncharacteristic tale of
getting lost in the Utah woods (Bukowski Takes a Trip). Yet the book also showcases
the other Bukowskian astute if offbeat literary critic. From his own Manifesto to his
account of poetry in Los Angeles (A Foreword to These Poets) to idiosyncratic evaluations
of Allen Ginsberg, Robert Creeley, LeRoi Jones, and Louis Zukofsky, Absence of the Hero
reveals the intellectual hidden beneath the gruff exterior.
Our second volume of his uncollected prose, Absence of the Herois a major addition
to the Bukowski canon, essential for fans yet suitable for new readers as an introduction to
the wide range of his work.
EVERYONES FAVORITE
DIRTY OLD MAN
RETURNS WITH MORE
BOOZY TALES OF
EXTRAORDINARY
MADNESS
Charles Bukowski was born in Andernach, Germany in 1920 andbrought to Los Angeles at age three. Using the city as a backdrop
for his work, Bukowski wrote prolifically, publishing over fifty
volumes of poetry and prose. He died in San Pedro, California on
March 9, 1994. His books are widely translated and posthumous
volumes continue to appear.
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I S L A N D E R S
ISLANDERS
BY AMMIEL ALCALAY
Enigmatic and multi-layered, Islanders is about
finding ones own hard-won truth. A youngmans indelible memories of the struggle to
find intimacyformative experiences like the
ebb and flow of friendships, love, and ordinary
workaday lifeare viewed through a lens of
nostalgic longing and hard-eyed realism as he
attempts to come to terms with the past. Set
during the cataclysm of the last years of the war
in Vietnam, in a landscape that shifts between
the bleak fishing towns of the Atlantic coast to the ruined cities of the Northeast, Islanders
explores the classic theme of identitys intricate relationship to place.
Excerpt from Islanders
The young man thought to make a story of it, the woman, the son she had, some
years they lived, the things that happened around them, but he also thought
of the table, kept thinking about where it was and couldnt remember, the size
of the room, what wall it leaned against and the things themselves that lay on
it. His day had been long, the streets hot, filled with other sweating bodies, his
feet ached and names repeated themselves in his head. Two stories he had
read years ago stuck to him, and as he looked at the bottle and the woman he
thought about the men that wrote them, saw the men themselves, cold, in long
overcoats with cigarettes, hunched over coffee in some diner, their rooms filled
with smoke, crumpled papers, completely removed from what they were writing
about, the people they wrote of never imagining they were being written about,
the idea that someone was recording the facts of their lives, the circumstances
they lived in.
SEEN THROUGH
THE PRISM OF
PERSONAL HISTORY,
AN EVOCATIVE,
UNSETTLING VIEW OF
A WORLD FALLING
APART
Ammiel Alcalay is a poet, translator, critic, and scholar who teaches at
Queens College and the CUNY Graduate Center. He is the author of,among other books,After Jews and Arabs: Remaking Levantine Culture,
the cairo noteboooks, and Memories of Our Future. He was one of the
initiators of the Poetry Is News Coalition, and helped to organize the
OlsonNowproject. He has recently launched Lost & Found: The CUNY
Poetics Archival Initiative, a publishing venture whose mission is to
retrieve and make available key texts falling widely under the rubric
of the New American Poetry.
ISBN: 978-0-87286-506-8 $11.95, $12.95/CAN 96PP
APRIL 2010 TRADE PAPERBACK FICTION
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As an active WWII bombardier returning from the
end of the war in Europe and preparing for combat
in Japan, Howard Zinn read the headline Atomic
Bomb Dropped on Japan and was gladthe war
would be over. Like other Americans, writes Zinn,
I had no idea what was going on at the higher
levels, and had no idea what that atomic bomb
had done to men, women, children in Hiroshima,
any more than I ever really understood what the
bombs I dropped on European cities were doing
to human flesh and blood. During the war, Zinn
had taken part in the aerial bombing of Royan, France, and in 1966, he went to Hiroshima,where he was invited to a house of rest where survivors of the bombing gathered. In this
short and powerful book, the backstory of the making and use of the bomb, Zinn offers his
deep personal reflections and political analysis of these events, and the profound influence
they had in transforming him from an order-taking combat soldier to one of the greatest
living anti-authoritarian, anti-war historians writing today. Zinns committed lifetime of
teaching and writing is based in the belief that only by embracing the truth of history can
ordinary people, rethinking their roles, find the possibility for redemption and change.
Publication in August commemorates the 65th anniversary of the USAs two atomic
bombings of Japan.
T H E B O M B
THE BOMB
BY H O WA R D ZINN
ISBN: 978-0-87286-509-9 $8.95, $9.95/CAN 100PP
AUGUST 2010 TRADE PAPERBACK HISTORY / PO LITICAL SCIENCE
HOWARD ZINNS
PERSONAL,
HISTORICAL, AND
POLITICAL VIEWS ON
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF
THE U.S. BOMBINGS
OF ROYAN AND
HIROSHIMA
Howard Zinn is the author of many books, including A PeoplesHistory of the United States and A Power Government s Cannot
Suppress.
ZINN IS ONE OF THE MOST RESPONSIBLE, LIVELY, AND BRAVE COMMENTATORS ON U.S.
HISTORY NOW LIVING.VIGGO MORTENSEN, O MAGAZINE
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PRISON/CULTURE
EDITED BY S H A R O N E . BL I S S, KE V I N B . CH E N, A ND S T E V E D I CKI S O N
Over two million individuals are behind bars
in U.S. prisons, living in isolation from their
families and their communities. Prison/Culture
investigates the culture of incarceration as
an integral part of the American experience
through a compilation of stunning and often
heartrending art by inmates, as well as artists
on the outside, such as Sandow Birk and Keith
Antar Mason, who address incarceration, crimi-
nal profiling, wrongful conviction, prison labor,
and the death penalty. The book also includes
essays on prisons and prison art by Angela Davis and Mike Davis, and poetry by AmiriBaraka, Ericka Huggins, Luis Rodriguez, Sesshu Foster, and more.
Art from Prison/Culture
NEARLY FIFTY
ARTISTS, POETS, AND
ACTIVISTS EXAMINE
THE CONTEMPORARY
PRISON SYSTEM
THROUGH
HEARTRENDING ART
AND WRITING
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PHOTOGRAPHS AND ILLUSTRATIONS APRIL 2010 TRADE PAPERBACK
ART / POLITICAL SCIENCE
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New and Selected Poems
BY ANDREW JO R O N
CITY L I G H T S S P O T L I G H T SERIES NO . 3
T R A N C E A R C H I V E
Since his post-9/11 essay on poetry and politics,
The Emergency, Andrew Joron has been regard-
ed as one of American poetrys most profound
practitioners. Trance Archive, Volume 3 in our City
Lights Spotlight series, draws on over 20 years of
Jorons work, tracing his trajectory from his early
days as a science fiction poet to his later fusion
of surrealist romanticism and language poetry
materialism into what he calls speculative lyric.
Infused with radical politics, Jorons poetry takesinspiration from chaos and complexity theory, and reflects personal associations ranging
from anarchist philosopher Paul Feyerabend to surrealist mystic Philip Lamantia. Featur-
ing long out-of-print work as well as new poems, Trance Archive affirms Jorons place
among major contemporary poets.
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APRIL 2010 TRADE PAPERBACK POETRY
A graduate of UC Berkeley, where he majored in Philosophy of
Science, Andrew Joron is the author of five previous collections
of poetryForce Fields(1987), Science Fiction(1992), The Removes
(1999), Fathom (2003), and The Sound Mirror (2008)and The Cryat Zero: Selected Prose (2007). His translations from the German
include Literary Essays of Ernst Bloch (1998) and Richard Anders
The Footsteps of One Who Has Not Stepped Forth (1999). In 2004 he
published Neo-Surrealism; or, the Sun at Night: Transformations of
Surrealism in American Poetry 1966-1999. He plays theremin in the
improvisational trio Free Rein.
ANDREW JORON IS A MODERNDAY ALCHEMIST. HES NOT INTERESTED IN SOLIPSISTIC
SELFENRICHMENT; RATHER, HE PRACTICES THE ART OF TRANSFORMATION. THOUGH
ALIGNED WITH THE REVOLUTIONARY IMPULSE BEHIND SURREALISMTHE CONJURING
OF PARADOX TO EXPAND THE POSSIBLEHE APPRECIATES THE MOVEMENTS AESTHETIC
LIMITATIONS AND HAS SOMEHOW, MIRACULOUSLY, MANAGED TO CREATE POETRY
ATTUNED TO MATERIALIST CRITIQUES OF LANGUAGE WITHOUT ABANDONING ANY OF
THE ARTS MYSTERY AND METAPHYSICAL INQUIRY.NOAH ELI GORDON, BOOKFORUM
LIKE A CHANCE
ENCOUNTER BETWEEN
EINSTEIN AND
BRETON, T R A NC E
A RC HI VE EMBRACES
PHILOSOPHY, SCIENCE,
AND SURREALISM
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