A Memoir of Disintegration David Wojnarowicz     1991     288p     5 x 8 Written in the ’80s when Wojnarowicz and his friends were sick and dying of AIDS, this is a powerful, tragic — yet beautiful — memoirs. A collection of essays dealing with death, sickness, the sexual freedoms of queer … Continue reading Close to the Knives →

Peter Doggett     2009     608p     6 x 9 Between 1965 and 1972, political activists around the globe prepared to mount a revolution. While the Vietnam War raged, calls for black power grew louder and liberation movements erupted everywhere from Berkeley, Detroit, and Newark, to Paris, Berlin, Ghana, and Peking. Rock … Continue reading There’s A Riot Going On →

Ursula K. Le Guin     2001     416p     6 x 9 The tales of this book explore and extend the world established by the Earthsea novels–yet each stands on its own. It contains the novella ‘The Finder,’ and the short stories ‘The Bones of the Earth,’ ‘Darkrose and Diamond,’ ‘On the … Continue reading Tales From Earthsea →

Jean Genet     1943     272p     5 x 8 The novel tells the story of Divine, a drag queen who, when the novel opens, has died of tuberculosis and been canonised as a result. The narrator tells us that the stories he is telling are mainly to amuse himself whilst he … Continue reading Our Lady of the Flowers →

Ursula K. Le Guin     2001     288p     5 x 8 In this final book of the Earthsea Cycle, Le Guin combines her magical fantasy with a profoundly human, earthly, humble touch.The sorcerer Alder fears sleep. The dead are pulling him to them at night. Through him they may free themselves … Continue reading The Other Wind →

Women in the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1983 Barbara Kingslover    1989    213p    5 x 8 Hundreds of families held the line in the 1983 strike against Phelps Dodge Copper in Arizona. After more than a year the strikers lost their union certification, but the battle permanently altered the social order in … Continue reading Holding the Line →

Ursula K. Le Guin 1973 MMPB In this third installment of the Earthsea Cycle (originally written as the last in the trilogy), darkness threatens to overtake Earthsea. As the world and its wizards are losing their magic, Ged — powerful Archmage, wizard, and dragonlord — embarks on a sailing journey with highborn young prince, Arren. … Continue reading The Farthest Shore →

Little Big Bangs   CD/Vinyl   2013 A Boulder on the Tracks house band and one of St. Louis’ loudest punk sounds’ debut album full of angry lyrics and hard-hitting to-the-point songs. Equal parts rock, melody and noise. Tracks: 1.   Armada   2:23 2.   Drag   3:33 3.   Heart Attack   1:58 … Continue reading Little Big Bangs (st) →

Revolutionaries, Rock Stars, and the Rise and Fall of the ‘60s Peter Doggett     2007     608p     6 x 9 Between 1965 and 1972, political activists around the globe prepared to mount a revolution. While the Vietnam War raged, calls for black power grew louder and liberation movements erupted everywhere from … Continue reading There’s A Riot Going On →

The Luddites and Their War on the Industrial Revolution Kirkpatrick Sale     1995     336p     6 x 9 Sale tells the compelling story of the Luddites’ struggle to preserve their way of life by destroying the machines that threatened to replace them and force further isolation, exploitation and alienation. ‘King Ludd’ lead anonymous groups of peasants against … Continue reading Rebels Against the Future →