Labor Struggles in the Deep South

And Other Writings Covington Hall & David Roediger ed.     1999     264p     5x 8 In the half-century since it was written, Hall’s Labor Struggles In The Deep South, has become an underground classic among activist historians writing on the South and on working people. Hall—journalist, organizer, rebel, professor, and poet—brings … Continue reading Labor Struggles in the Deep South

Isabelle

The Life of Isabelle Eberhardt Annette Kobak    1990    258p    6 x 9 Born in switzerland to an anarchist father, Isabelle’s family moved to Algeria when they were a young girl. By the time they were in their early teens, most of their immediate family had died and they set off to explore … Continue reading Isabelle

Dreams and Everyday Life

André Breton, Surrealism, Rebel Worker, SDS and the Seven Cities of Cibola Penelope Rosemont 2008 250p 5.5 x 8 Nationwide campus surveys show that students today regard the 1960s as the most attractive, creative, and effective decade of the past century. Above all, the Sixties introduced an inspiring new radicalism—in truth, many new radicalisms, a … Continue reading Dreams and Everyday Life

Beware of Ice

And Other Poems Penelope Rosemont 1992 80p 5 x 8 Forty-eight dense, sparkling poems resounding with mad love of the truly wild. Includes drawings by Enrico Baj. $3.50-5 Other works involving penelope rosemont, poetry, surrealism, black swan, charles h. kerr

Artaud Anthology

Antonin Artaud 2001 253p 5.5 x 8 “I am the man,” wrote Artaud, “who has best charted his inmost self.” Antonin Artaud was a poet who wanted to live in the infinite and asked that the human spirit burn in absolute freedom. To society, he was a madman. Artaud, however, was not insane but in … Continue reading Artaud Anthology

Roll the Union On

A Pictorial History of the Southern Tenant Farmer’s Union H.L. Mitchell 1987 96p 8 x 11 Founded near Tyronza, Arkansas, in 1934 by 11 white and seven black workers, within five years the STFU was organizing all across the South and counting its members in the tens of thousands. Reviving old IWW traditions of workers’ … Continue reading Roll the Union On

Not Me & The Real Drive

Eileen Myles     1991     188p     3.5 x 8 This book of poetry takes the hallowed and seamy NYC underground of the 70s and 80s and brings it to terse and visionary life. Full of short lines and rollicking city-fied images spilling into each other, ‘Not Me’ takes Myles’ charismatic queer … Continue reading Not Me & The Real Drive

Dancin’ in the Streets!

Anarchists, IWWs, Surrealists, Situationists, & Provos in the 1960s Franklin Rosemont     2005     447p     6 x 9 While square critics derided them as “the left wing of the Beat Generation,” the multi-racial, working-class editorial groups of The Rebel Worker and its sister journal Heatwave in London became well known for … Continue reading Dancin’ in the Streets!

Before Night Falls

A Memoir Reinaldo Arenas     1992     336p     5 x 8 Written while dying of AIDS in New York City in the late 1980s, this is Arenas’ incredible story, told so movingly and elegantly in all its misery and beauty. Born in impoverished countryside of Cuba, Arenas ran away to join guerrillas at … Continue reading Before Night Falls