Publishers City Lights Books

Cover for Tommi Avicolli Mecca · Smash the Church, Smash the State!: The Early Years of Gay Liberation (Paperback Book) (2009)

Smash the Church, Smash the Stat... (2009)

Tommi Avicolli Mecca

Cover for Paul Krassner · Who's to Say What's Obscene?: Politics, Culture and Comedy in America Today (Paperback Book) (2009)

Who's to Say What's Obscene?: Po... (2009)

Cover for Helen Weaver · The Awakener: A Memoir of Jack Kerouac and the Fifties (Paperback Book) [First edition] (2009)

The Awakener: A Memoir of Jack K... (2009)

Cover for Tim Wise · Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Racial Politics and the Retreat from Racial Equity - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2010)

Colorblind: The Rise of Post-Rac... (2010)

Cover for Howard Zinn · The Bomb - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2010)

The Bomb - City Lights Open Media (2010)

Cover for Allen Ginsberg · Kaddish and Other Poems: 50th Anniversary Edition - Pocket Poets Series (Paperback Book) [NONE, 50th Anniversary edition] (2011)

NONE, 50th Anniversary edition

Kaddish and Other Poems: 50th An... (2011)

Cover for David Meltzer · When I Was a Poet - City Lights Pocket Poets Series (Paperback Book) (2011)

When I Was a Poet - City Lights ... (2011)

Cover for Tim Wise · Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2012)

Dear White America: Letter to a ... (2012)

Cover for Brian Pera · Life As We Show It: Writing on Film (Paperback Book) (2009)

Life As We Show It: Writing on Film (2009)

Cover for Kevin Killian · Impossible Princess (Paperback Book) (2009)

Impossible Princess (2009)

Cover for Huey Newton · To Die for the People (Paperback Book) [Reissue edition] (2009)

Reissue edition

To Die for the People (2009)

Cover for Andrew Joron · Trance Archive: New and Selected Poems - City Lights Spotlight (Paperback Book) (2010)

Trance Archive: New and Selected... (2010)

Cover for Charles Bukowski · Absence of the Hero (Paperback Book) [First edition] (2010)

Absence of the Hero (2010)

Charles Bukowski

Cover for Will Potter · Green Is the New Red: An Insider's Account of a Social Movement Under Siege (Paperback Book) (2011)

Green Is the New Red: An Insider... (2011)

Cover for Philip P. Choy · San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide to Its History and Architecture (Paperback Book) (2012)

San Francisco Chinatown: A Guide... (2012)

Cover for Charles Bukowski · More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: The Uncollected Columns (Paperback Book) (2011)

More Notes of a Dirty Old Man: T... (2011)

Charles Bukowski

Cover for Micah Ballard · Waifs and Strays - City Lights Spotlight (Paperback Book) (2011)

Waifs and Strays - City Lights S... (2011)

Cover for Howard Zinn · The Historic Unfulfilled Promise - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2012)

The Historic Unfulfilled Promise... (2012)

Cover for Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore · The End of San Francisco (Paperback Book) (2013)

The End of San Francisco (2013)

Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore

Cover for Robert Jensen · Arguing for Our Lives: A User's Guide to Constructive Dialog (Paperback Book) (2013)

Arguing for Our Lives: A User's ... (2013)

Cover for Marilyn Buck · Inside / Out: Selected Poems (Paperback Book) (2012)

Inside / Out: Selected Poems (2012)

Cover for Bayard Rustin · I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's Life in Letters (Paperback Book) (2012)

I Must Resist: Bayard Rustin's L... (2012)

Cover for Lew Welch · Ring of Bone: Collected Poems: Collected Poems (Paperback Book) [New & Expanded, NONE edition] (2012)

New & Expanded, NONE edition

Ring of Bone: Collected Poems: C... (2012)

Cover for Julian Talamantez Brolaski · Advice for Lovers: City Lights Spotlight #7 - City Lights Spotlight (Paperback Book) (2012)

Advice for Lovers: City Lights S... (2012)

Julian Talamantez Brolaski

Cover for Bilge Karasu · A Long Day's Evening (Paperback Book) (2012)

A Long Day's Evening (2012)

Cover for Frank O'Hara · Poems Retrieved - City Lights / Grey Fox (Paperback Book) (2013)

Poems Retrieved - City Lights / ... (2013)

Cover for Lenelle Mose · Haiti Glass - City Lights / Sister Spit (Paperback Book) (2014)

Haiti Glass - City Lights / Sist... (2014)

Cover for Paul Garon · Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minnie's Blues (Paperback Book) [Rev Exp edition] (2014)

Rev Exp edition

Woman with Guitar: Memphis Minni... (2014)

Cover for Thomas Page McBee · Man Alive: A True Story of Violence, Forgiveness and Becoming a Man - City Lights / Sister Spit (Paperback Book) (2014)

Man Alive: A True Story of Viole... (2014)

Thomas Page McBee

Cover for David Buuck · An Army of Lovers: A Community History of Will Munro (Paperback Book) (2013)

An Army of Lovers: A Community H... (2013)

Cover for D.O. Fagunwa · Forest of A Thousand Daemons: A Hunter's Saga (Paperback Book) (2013)

Forest of A Thousand Daemons: A... (2013)

Cover for Todd Miller · Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches from the Front Lines of Homeland Security - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2014)

Border Patrol Nation: Dispatches... (2014)

Cover for Gertrude Stein · Tender Buttons: The Corrected Centennial Edition (Paperback Book) [Corrected Centennial Ed. edition] (2014)

Corrected Centennial Ed. edition

Tender Buttons: The Corrected Ce... (2014)

Cover for Henri Michaux · Thousand Times Broken: Three Books (Paperback Book) (2014)

Thousand Times Broken: Three Books (2014)

Cover for Roy Scranton · Learning to Die in the Anthropocene: Reflections on the End of a Civilization - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2015)

Learning to Die in the Anthropoc... (2015)

Cover for Jewelle Gomez · The Gilda Stories: Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition (Paperback Book) [25th Anniversary edition] (2016)

25th Anniversary edition

The Gilda Stories: Expanded 25th... (2016)

Cover for Mumia Abu Jamal · Writing on the Wall: Selected Prison Writings of Mumia Abu-Jamal - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2015)

Writing on the Wall: Selected Pr... (2015)

Mumia Abu Jamal

Cover for Lawrence Ferlinghetti · City Lights Pocket Poets Anthology: 60th Anniversary Edition - City Lights Pocket Poets Series (Hardcover Book) [-60th Anniversary Ed. edition] (2015)

-60th Anniversary Ed. edition

City Lights Pocket Poets Antholo... (2015)

Lawrence Ferlinghetti

Cover for Joanne Kyger · On Time: Poems 2005-2014 (Paperback Book) (2015)

On Time: Poems 2005-2014 (2015)

Cover for Elaine Kahn · Women in Public - City Lights Spotlight (Paperback Book) (2015)

Women in Public - City Lights Sp... (2015)

Cover for Charles Bukowski · The Bell Tolls for No One (Paperback Book) (2015)

The Bell Tolls for No One (2015)

Charles Bukowski

Cover for Kate Schatz · Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future! - City Lights / Sister Spit (Hardcover Book) (2015)

Rad American Women A-Z: Rebels, ... (2015)

Cover for Tim Wise · Under the Affluence: Shaming the Poor, Praising the Rich and Sacrificing the Future of America - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2015)

Under the Affluence: Shaming the... (2015)

Cover for Chinaka Hodge · Dated Emcees - City Lights / Sister Spit (Paperback Book) (2016)

Dated Emcees - City Lights / Sis... (2016)

Cover for Julio Cortzar · Save Twilight: Selected Poems: Pocket Poets No. 53 - City Lights Pocket Poets Series (Paperback Book) [Second edition] (2016)

Save Twilight: Selected Poems: P... (2016)

Cover for David Shapiro · In Memory of an Angel (Paperback Book) (2017)

In Memory of an Angel (2017)

Cover for Devorah Major · And then We Became (Paperback Book) (2016)

And then We Became (2016)

Cover for Philippe Soupault · Lost Profiles: Memoirs of Cubism, Dada, and Surrealism (Paperback Book) (2016)

Lost Profiles: Memoirs of Cubism... (2016)

Philippe Soupault

Cover for Malcolm Lowry · Selected Poems of Malcolm Lowry: City Lights Pocket Poets Number 17 - City Lights Pocket Poets Series (Paperback Book) (2017)

Selected Poems of Malcolm Lowry:... (2017)

Cover for Barbara Jane Reyes · Invocation to Daughters: City Lights Spotlight No. 16 - City Lights Spotlight (Paperback Book) (2017)

Invocation to Daughters: City Li... (2017)

Barbara Jane Reyes

Cover for Gabriela Alemn · Poso Wells (Paperback Book) (2018)

Poso Wells (2018)

Cover for Jacqueline Houtman · Troublemaker for Justice: The Story of Bayard Rustin, the Man Behind the March on Washington (Paperback Book) (2019)

Troublemaker for Justice: The St... (2019)

Jacqueline Houtman

Cover for Penelope Rosemont · Surrealism: Inside the Magnetic Fields (Paperback Book) (2019)

Surrealism: Inside the Magnetic ... (2019)

Penelope Rosemont

Cover for Bob Kaufman · Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman (Paperback Book) (2019)

Collected Poems of Bob Kaufman (2019)

Cover for Silvina Ocampo · The Promise (Paperback Book) (2019)

The Promise (2019)

Cover for Silvina Ocampo · Forgotten Journey (Paperback Book) (2019)

Forgotten Journey (2019)

Cover for Brandon Shimoda · The Grave on the Wall (Paperback Book) (2019)

The Grave on the Wall (2019)

Brandon Shimoda

Cover for Hilary Moore · No Fascist USA!: The John Brown Anti-Klan Committee and Lessons for Today's Movements - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2020)

No Fascist USA!: The John Brown ... (2020)

Cover for Mumia Abu-Jamal · Death Blossoms: Reflections from a Prisoner of Conscience, Expanded Edition - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2020)

Death Blossoms: Reflections from... (2020)

Mumia Abu-Jamal

Cover for David Barsamian · ReTargeting Iran - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2020)

ReTargeting Iran - City Lights O... (2020)

David Barsamian

Cover for Jean Daive · Under the Dome: Walks with Paul Celan (Paperback Book) (2020)

Under the Dome: Walks with Paul ... (2020)

Cover for Sophia Dahlin · Natch: City Lights Spotlight No. 20 - City Lights Spotlight (Paperback Book) (2020)

Natch: City Lights Spotlight No.... (2020)

Cover for Pamela Sneed · Funeral Diva (Paperback Book) (2020)

Funeral Diva (2020)

Cover for Uche Nduka · Facing You: City Lights Spotlight No. 19 - City Lights Spotlight (Paperback Book) (2020)

Facing You: City Lights Spotligh... (2020)

Cover for Todd Miller · Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Journey to a World Without Borders - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2021)

Build Bridges, Not Walls: A Jour... (2021)

Cover for Mosab Abu Toha · Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza (Paperback Book) (2022)

Things You May Find Hidden in My... (2022)

Cover for Will Alexander · Divine Blue Light (For John Coltrane): Pocket Poets Series No. 63 - City Lights Pocket Poets Series (Paperback Book) (2023)

Divine Blue Light (For John Colt... (2023)

Cover for Loretta Ross · Women Who Change the World: Stories from the Fight for Social Justice - City Lights Open Media (Paperback Book) (2023)

Women Who Change the World: Stor... (2023)

Cover for Daniel Levin Becker · What's Good: Notes on Rap and Language (Paperback Book) (2022)

What's Good: Notes on Rap and La... (2022)

Daniel Levin Becker

Cover for Stan Cox · The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic - Open Media Series (Paperback Book) (2021)

The Path to a Livable Future: A ... (2021)

Cover for Diane di Prima · Spring and Autumn Annals: A Celebration of the Seasons for Freddie (Paperback Book) (2021)

Spring and Autumn Annals: A Cele... (2021)

Cover for D.S. Marriott · Before Whiteness: City Lights Spotlight No. 21 - City Lights Spotlight (Paperback Book) (2022)

Before Whiteness: City Lights Sp... (2022)

Cover for Clarence Lusane · $20 and Change: Harriet Tubman, George Floyd, and the Struggle for Radical Democracy: Harriet Tubman vs. Andrew Jackson, and the Future of American Democracy (Paperback Book) (2023)

$20 and Change: Harriet Tubman, ... (2023)

Clarence Lusane

Cover for Ted Berrigan · Get the Money!: Collected Prose (1961-1983) (Paperback Book) (2022)

Get the Money!: Collected Prose ... (2022)

Cover for Evan Kennedy · Metamorphoses: City Lights Spotlight No. 22 - City Lights Spotlight (Paperback Book) (2023)

Metamorphoses: City Lights Spotl... (2023)

Cover for Joyce Mansour · Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems (Paperback Book) [Bilingual edition] (2023)

Bilingual edition

Emerald Wounds: Selected Poems (2023)

Cover for Clark Coolidge · The Crystal Text (Paperback Book) (2023)

The Crystal Text (2023)

Cover for Hanif Kureshi · Stories from the Center of the World: New Middle East Fiction (Paperback Book) (2024)

Stories from the Center of the W... (2024)

Cover for Gil Cuadros · My Body is Paper: Stories and Poems (Paperback Book) (2024)

My Body is Paper: Stories and Poems (2024)

Cover for Roberto Harrison · Isthmus to Abya Yala: City Lights Spotlight Series #23 (Paperback Book) (2024)

Isthmus to Abya Yala: City Light... (2024)

Roberto Harrison

Cover for Nasser Rabah · Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece - Pocket Poets Series (Paperback Book) [Bilingual edition] (2025)

Bilingual edition

Gaza: The Poem Said Its Piece - ... (2025)

Cover for Thea Matthews · Grime (Paperback Book) (2025)

Cover for Will Potter · Little Red Barns: Hiding the Truth, from Farm to Fable (Paperback Book) (2025)

Little Red Barns: Hiding the Tru... (2025)

Cover for Daniela Rea · FRUTO: Women, Mothering, and the Politics of Care (Paperback Book) (2026)

FRUTO: Women, Mothering, and the... (2026)

Cover for Gabriela Alemn · Smoke (Paperback Book) (2025)

Cover for Suzette Partido · Love Will Save Us, Right?: A Memoir (Paperback Book) (2025)

Love Will Save Us, Right?: A Memoir (2025)

Suzette Partido

Cover for Mimi Tempestt · The Delicacy of Embracing Spirals (Paperback Book) (2023)

The Delicacy of Embracing Spirals (2023)

Cover for Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Prison Reader - Open Media Series (Paperback Book) (2024)

Beneath the Mountain: An Anti-Pr... (2024)

Cover for Kit Schluter · Cartoons (Paperback Book) (2024)

Cartoons (2024)

Cover for Brandon Shimoda · The Afterlife is Letting Go (Paperback Book) (2025)

The Afterlife is Letting Go (2025)

Brandon Shimoda

Cover for Dagoberto Gilb · New Testaments: Stories (Paperback Book) (2024)

New Testaments: Stories (2024)

Cover for Philip Lamantia · Selected Poems of Philip Lamantia, 1943-1966: Pocket Poets No. 20 (Paperback Book) (2025)

Selected Poems of Philip Lamanti... (2025)

Philip Lamantia

Cover for Karen Finley · COVID Vortex Anxiety Opera Kitty Kaleidoscope Disco (Paperback Book) (2025)

COVID Vortex Anxiety Opera Kitty... (2025)

Cover for Neeli Cherkovski · The Portrait Gallery Called Existence (Paperback Book) (2025)

The Portrait Gallery Called Exis... (2025)

Neeli Cherkovski

Cover for Andre Breton · Cavalier Perspective: Last Essays, 1952-1966 (Paperback Book) (2025)

Cavalier Perspective: Last Essay... (2025)

Cover for Devorah Major · Word Time (Paperback Book) (2025)

Word Time (2025)

Cover for Sunnylyn Thibodeaux · Lucky Charms: New & Selected Poems, 20002025 - Spotlight Series (Paperback Book) (2026)

Lucky Charms: New & Selected Poe... (2026)

Sunnylyn Thibodeaux

Release May 21, 2026

Cover for Janice Mirikitani · Love Works - San Francisco Poet Laureate Series (Paperback Book) (2003)

Love Works - San Francisco Poet ... (2003)

Janice Mirikitani

Cover for Devorah Major · Where River Meets Ocean - San Francisco Poet Laureate Series (Paperback Book) [First edition] (2003)

Where River Meets Ocean - San Fr... (2003)

Cover for Jack Hirschman · All That's Left - San Francisco Poet Laureate Series (Paperback Book) (2008)

All That's Left - San Francisco ... (2008)