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A Literary Meeting Place Since 1953, City Lights is a landmark general bookstore, internationally known for its expert selection of books and for its commitment to free intellectual inquiry.

New Recommendations from City Lights!

Targeted: Homeland Security and the Business of Immigration
by Deepa Fernandes
Targeted is a superb book filled with the real life stories of immigrants and the US authorities, businesses, and racist groups who are criminalizing them, profiting from them, and targeting them. Deepa captures the human side of the issue by giving us the voices of the people she met around the US and abroad – people who have made incredible journeys in an attempt to live and work in the US. Deepa gives us a potent weapon for continuing to build the international movement for immigrant rights. It was an honor to work with her on this book the year before I joined the editorial staff at City Lights.
Picked by Greg

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New Broadsides from City Lights!

Allen Ginsberg Dying
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Written in 1997 while Ginsberg was calling close friends to announce his impending death, this broadside is a historical documentation of the relationship between two of the most important members of the Beat generation.
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