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  • Notes from the Middle World

    by Breyten Breytenbach
    An acclaimed South African writer, freedom fighter, and artist illuminates the labyrinth of our political present.

  • The Anti-Racist Writing Workshop

    by Felicia Rose Chavez

    This easy-to-use guide explains how to recruit, nourish, and fortify writers of color through innovative reading, writing, workshop, critique, and assessment strategies.

  • The BreakBeat Poets

    Edited by Kevin Coval, Quraysh Ali Lansana, et al.
    A first-of-its-kind anthology of hip-hop poetica written for and by the people.

  • Reading Revolution

    by Ashwin Desai
    Shakespeare's work gives hope and inspiration to the political prisoners held on apartheid South Africa's infamous Robben Island.

  • Frostlands

    by John Feffer

    It’s 2051, and Arcadia is under attack. As the stand-alone sequel to Splinterlands begins, the sustainable compound in what was once Vermont is on high alert.

  • Splinterlands

    by John Feffer
    Julian West, looking backwards from 2050, tries to understand why the world and his family have fallen apart.

  • Choice Words

    Edited by Annie Finch

    With reproductive freedom under unprecedented attack, Choice Words, edited by poet Annie Finch, takes back the cultural conversation on abortion.

  • Every Body has a Story

    by Beverly Gologorsky

    With the power to break and mend hearts, Every Body Has a Story reveals the fragility of the ties that bind, a grim yet lyrical journey into that other America just around the corner.

  • The Whiskey of our Discontent

    Edited by Quraysh Ali Lansana and Georgia A. Popoff
    Reflections on the profound influence of poet, educator, and social activist Gwendolyn Brooks through examinations of her life and work.

  • Is Just a Movie

    by Earl Lovelace
    Rich, inventive, and funny, here is the first novel in over a decade from the great Caribbean novelist Earl Lovelace.

  • Azadi

    by Arundhati Roy

    From the best-selling author of My Seditious Heart and the Ministry of Utmost Happiness, a new and pressing dispatch from the heart of the crowd and the solitude of the writer's desk. 

  • Yellow Earth

    by John Sayles

    Rich layers of shale oil are discovered under Yellow Earth, North Dakota and the neighboring Three Nations Indian reservation. All hell breaks loose.

  • Essays

    by Wallace Shawn
    Probing essays and observations by acclaimed actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, in his first nonfiction collection.

  • Essays (unabridged audiobook)

    by Wallace Shawn
    Probing essays by actor and playwright Wallace Shawn, read by the author in unabridged audiobook format

  • Poetry and Protest

    Edited by Aisha Karim and Lee Sustar
    A vital original collection of the interviews, poetry, and essays of the much-loved anti-apartheid leader.

  • Emma

    by Howard Zinn
    Howard Zinn dramatizes the life of Emma Goldman, the anarchist, feminist, and free-spirited thinker who was exiled from the US.

  • Marx in Soho

    by Howard Zinn
    Marx in Soho is a brilliant introduction to Marx's life, his analysis of society, and his passion for radical change.

  • Marx in Soho (Audio CD)

    by Howard Zinn
    America's leading historian Howard Zinn brings Karl Marx back to life for a new generation.