Italo Calvino 1947 192p 5 x 8 Italo Calvino was only twenty-three when he first published this bold and imaginative novel. It tells the story of Pin, a cobbler’s apprentice in a town on the Ligurian coast during World War II. He lives with his sister, a sex worker, … Continue reading The Path to the Nest of Spiders
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
Wilhelm Reich 1933 432p 5.5 x 8 In this classic study, Reich provides insight into the phenomenon of fascism, alive today just as much as when he wrote the book. Written while trying to find refuge from nazi germany and drawing on his medical expereinces with men and women of various classes, … Continue reading The Mass Psychology of Fascism
Wilhelm Reich 1946 144p 5 x 8 Written towards the time Reich was beginning to denounce psycho-analysis, Listen, Little Man! is the physician’s quiet, scathing talk to each one of us, the average human being, the Little Man. Written in 1946 after surviving World War II and in answer … Continue reading Listen, Little Man!
For Leslie, the cost of living and loving is getting higher and higher. She has become involved in a strange erotic triangle with Honor, a romantic young woman, and Bernie, a queer former street hustler. One reader had this to say: The book has an evocative earnestness to it that takes me back to women’s … Continue reading The High Cost of Living
On Men, Women and the Rest of Us Kate Bornstein 1995 272p 5 x 8 Part coming-of-age story, part mind-altering manifesto on gender and sexuality, coming directly to you from the life experiences of a trans woman. $3-10 Other works involving gender, sexuality, trans, theater
A Cavalier History of Surrealism Jules-François Dupuis 1977 131p 5 x 8 This pseudonymous account of surrealism by Raoul Vaneigem offers an answer to the question, “What was living and what was dead in Surrealism?” Though blistering in its criticism of surrealism’s artistic and political aporias, … Continue reading New Arrivals
The Life and World of Ben Reitman, Chicago’s Celebrated Social Reformer, Hobo King and Whorehouse Physician Roger A. Burns 2001 368p 6 x 9 Biography of “the hobo doctor” who road the rails and treated the elements of the working class many other physicians refused to, including performing abortions which were illegal … Continue reading The Damndest Radical
Economic, Social and Religious Utopias of the Nineteenth Century Charles Nordhoff 1875 439p 5.5 x 8.5 Virtually every ‘utopia’ in existence as of 1875 is described, with material on social customs, guiding philosophy, food, clothing, attitudes toward sex and more. Primary source for communes, social and sexual groups. Includes 39 illustrations. $5-10 Other works involving … Continue reading The Communistic Societies of the United States
David Wojnarowicz 1997 227p 5.5 x 8 Before his death from AIDS in 1992, David Wojnarowicz became known in the 1980s as an outspoken AIDS activist, anti-censorship advocate, artist, and writer. Written as short monologues, each of these powerful, early works of autobiographical fiction is spoken in the voice … Continue reading The Waterfront Journals