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Dollars for Life: The Anti-Abortion Movement and the Fall of the Republican Establishment
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Some Styles of Masculinity
Gregg Bordowitz $19.95 Add to cart -
Between Certain Death and a Possible Future: Queer Writing on Growing Up with the AIDS Crisis
Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore $22.95 Add to cart -
Witch Hunt
Connie Butler $60.00 Add to cart -
Tango: My Childhood, Backwards and in High Heels
Justin Vivian Bond $16.95 Add to cart -
Love After the End: An Anthology of Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Speculative Fiction
Joshua Whitehead $18.95 Add to cart -
Transgender History: The Roots of Today’s Revolution
Susan Stryker $18.99 Add to cart -
Paul Takes the Form of a Mortal Girl
Andrea Lawlor $18.00 Add to cart
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City Lights Bookstore was founded by poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti in 1953, and became an instant gathering place for readers, writers, artists, and activists. In 1955, Ferlinghetti launched City Lights Publishers with the now-famous Pocket Poets Series. Find out how it all began.
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D. S. Marriott
Before Whiteness: City Lights Spotlight No. 21
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Family Album: Stories
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Things You May Find Hidden in My Ear: Poems from Gaza
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A Quilt for David
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Spring and Autumn Annals: A Celebration of the Seasons for Freddie
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Revolutionary Letters: 50th Anniversary Edition: Pocket Poets Series No. 27
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The Path to a Livable Future: A New Politics to Fight Climate Change, Racism, and the Next Pandemic
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First Class: The U.S. Postal Service, Democracy, and the Corporate Threat
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Pure Colour
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Olga Dies Dreaming
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Manywhere: Stories
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A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce
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Bee Reaved
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We Run the Tides
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Lovers of Today
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